The Politics of Conflict and the Dark Triad: An Experiment in Personality and Political Ambition

• In Event: Psychology and Political Elites

Brief Overview

Here we consider the role of ‘darker’ personality orientations, namely narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy and their potential influence on individual political ambition.

Authors

• Rolfe Daus Peterson, Susquehanna University

• Carl Lucas Palmer, Illinois State University