Cold as Ice: Dark Triad Personality Traits and Congressional Behavior

• In Event: Psychology and Political Elites

Brief Overview

We identify and validate models for each Dark Triad trait and then predict Dark Triad traits for members of Congress. We show these traits can explain different types of Congressional behavior.

Authors

• Jonathan Klingler, University of Mississippi

• Gary Edward Hollibaugh, University of Pittsburgh

• Adam Joseph Ramey, New York University Abu Dhabi