Parental Alienation PERSONALITY DISORDERS Category
Oedipus complex, in psychoanalytic theory
Posted on April 19, 2021 Leave a Comment
The Oedipus complex is a psychoanalytic theory proposing that children have possessive sexual desires for their opposite-sex parent while viewing their same-sex parent as a rival and that the complex is resolved when children overcome their incestuous and competitive emotions and begin to view their same-sex parent as a role model. Established by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1899, the theory is […]
Facing a psychopath
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
Is facial structure a valid cue of the dark triad of personality (Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy)? I obtained self-reports and peer reports of personality as well as expression-neutral photographs of targets, and then I created prototypes of people high and low on each of the three dimensions by digitally combining select photographs of Caucasian targets. […]
28 Questions That Reveal Whether Someone Has A ‘Dark Personality’
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
It’s one thing to define a new personality structure, but measuring it is another thing altogether. To this end, a team of psychologists led by Delroy Paulhus of the University of British Columbia in Canada developed a 28-item scale to measure the personality traits of narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism. Here is what they came […]
Surviving A Borderline Parent
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
Though relatively common, borderline personality disorder is often overlooked or misdiagnosed by therapists and clinicians and denied by those who suffer from it. It’s a confusing, complex disorder that’s extremely difficult for all involved: for the person with BPD, for the clinicians trying to understand and help their client, and perhaps most of all, for […]
Dark Tetrad
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
People with any of the nine dark personality traits may belong to the Dark Tetrad. Colloquially, these people are known as sadists, narcissists, psychopaths, and sociopaths. But having some of the traits doesn’t necessarily mean you have an antisocial personality disorder. https://www.insider.com/dark-tetrad-personality-traits-what-they-are-and-what-they-mean-2018-10#egoism-1
Atlas of Personality, Emotion and Behaviour
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
The Atlas of Personality, Emotion and Behaviour[113] is a catalogue of 20,500 words descriptive of personality, emotion and behaviour. The words in the catalogue were scored according to a two dimensional matrix taxonomy with orthogonal dimensions of affiliation and dominance. Adjectives representing the behavioural patterns described by the Dark Triad were scored according to the atlas […]
The Big 5
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
The five factor model of personality has significant relationships with the dark triad combined and with each of the dark triad’s traits. The dark triad overall is negatively related to both agreeableness and conscientiousness.[22] More specifically, Machiavellianism captures a suspicious versus trusting view of human nature which is also captured by the Trust sub-scale on the agreeableness trait.[95] Extroversion captures similar aspects of […]
All 3 Dark Triad Traits
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
All three dark triad traits are conceptually distinct although empirical evidence shows them to be overlapping. They are associated with a callous-manipulative interpersonal style.[9] Narcissism is characterized by grandiosity, pride, egotism, and a lack of empathy.[10] Machiavellianism is characterized by manipulation and exploitation of others, an absence of morality, unemotional callousness, and a higher level of self interest.[11] Psychopathy is characterized by continuous antisocial behavior, impulsivity, selfishness, callous and unemotional […]
Dark triad – A tendency to steal or poach mates from others
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
Studies have suggested that on average, those who exhibit the dark triad of personality traits have an accelerated mating strategy, reporting more sex partners, more favorable attitudes towards casual sex,[82] lowered standards in their short-term mates,[83] a tendency to steal or poach mates from others,[84] more risk-taking in the form of substance abuse,[34] a tendency to prefer immediate but smaller […]
Clausewitz, On War
Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment
A prince or general who knows exactly how to organise his war according to his object and means, who does neither too little nor too much, gives by that the greatest proof of his genius. But the effects of this talent are exhibited not so much by the invention of new modes of action, which […]
