Relationships between the Dark Triad Personalities (Psychopathy, Narcissism, and Machiavellianism) and Creativity

Summary by Sandy Michels and the Research Committee   Research Highlights Results of a meta-analysis revealed overall significant positive relationships between creativity and Machiavellianism and narcissism, but no relationship was found between creativity and psychopathy. The dark personalities (psychopathy, Machiavellianism Narcissism) are more strongly related to self-reported creativity than to performance-based measures of creativity. It is likely that … Read more

Ask the Psychopathy Expert: Donald Lynam

Donald R. Lynam, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1995. He is internationally recognized for his work on impulsivity traits, psychopathy in youth and adults, and using general models of personality to conceptualize personality disorders, including psychopathy. In … Read more

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who donated to the 2021 Giving Tuesday Raffle! Your donations are greatly appreciated, and will be used to help us start an online support group for survivors. Planning is under way on providing a safe place for survivors to meet online and share with other survivors their experiences as well as … Read more

Through the Eyes of a Survivor: Anger

Probably only a victim of a psychopath is able to fully understand this post. Those who have never experienced this kind of anger will likely see nothing more than words. But these are not hollow words. This is a perspective of one survivor; the following text describes only my feelings. It is crucial to remember … Read more

Ask the Psychopathy Expert: Dr. Carlo Garofalo

Carlo Garofalo, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Developmental Psychology at Tilburg University (The Netherlands). His research interests lie at the intersection of emotion, aggression, and personality pathology. More specifically, he is is interested in the development and manifestation of psychopathy and antagonistic personality traits. He is a full member of the … Read more