Hygiene and Preventive Medicine
The relationship between the dark triad and guilt proneness: the mediating role of basic psychological needs satisfaction
Shi Liping, Zhu Xueli, Zhan Tingting, Yu Jiejing, Gu Jingjing, Shi Dan, Geng Yaoguo
Published 2020-03-20
Cite as Chin J Behav Med & Brain Sci, 2020, 29(3): 262-265. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20190905-00603
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the relationship between the dark triad, basic psychological needs satisfaction and guilty proneness.
MethodsTotally 595 college students were randomly selected from Zhengzhou University.They were tested with the dirty dozen(DD), the balanced measure of psychological needs scale(BMPN) and guilt-proneness-5(GP-5). SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 were used for data analysis, including descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Bootstrap measure was used for mediating effect test.
Results(1)The correlation analysis showed that the dark triad (29(21, 37)), Machiavellianism (4(4, 8)) and psychopathy(5(4, 9)) were negatively correlated with guilty proneness (20(16, 23)), and the correlation coefficients were -0.10, -0.22 and -0.18 respectively(all P<0.01). While narcissism (16(12, 21)) was not correlated with guilty proneness (r=0.04, P>0.01). The satisfaction of basic psychological needs (56(54, 60)) was positively correlated with guilty proneness (r=0.31, P<0.01). (2)The relationship between the dark triad and guilty proneness was partially mediated by basic psychological needs satisfaction, and the mediating effect accounted for 62.96%.
ConclusionThe dark triad influences guilty proneness through basic psychological needs satisfaction.
Key words:
The dark triad; Machiavellianism; Psychopathy; Guilty proneness; Basic psychological needs satisfaction
Contributor Information
Shi Liping
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Zhu Xueli
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Zhan Tingting
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Yu Jiejing
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Gu Jingjing
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Shi Dan
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
Geng Yaoguo
Department of Psychology, College of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
