The Relationships Between Facets of Emotional Intelligence and Facets of the Dark Triad

Cassidy Trahair; Rachel A. Plouffe; Christopher Marcin Kowalski; Donald H. Saklofske

doi:10.1002/ijop.70118

The Relationships Between Facets of Emotional Intelligence and Facets of the Dark Triad

Cassidy Trahair
, Rachel A. Plouffe
, Christopher Marcin Kowalski (Lead / Corresponding author)
, Donald H. Saklofske

Psychology

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Abstract

Investigations of the Dark Triad traits and trait emotional intelligence (EI) have not closely examined potentially meaningful relationships among these traits at the facet level. The goal of this study was to examine these associations in greater detail by assessing the relationships between factors of trait EI and facets of the Dark Triad traits. Participants included 406 university students (M = 21.38 years, SD = 5.32). Results showed that the facets of the Dark Triad differed in the direction and strength of their relationships with the facets of EI, thereby providing a more in-depth interpretation of relationships between the constructs.

Original language	English
Article number	e70118
Journal	International Journal of Psychology
Volume	60
Issue number	6
Early online date	3 Oct 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.70118
Publication status	Published - Dec 2025

Keywords

dark triad
emotional intelligence
Machiavellianism
narcissism
psychopathy

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Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
General Psychology

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