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October 11, 2025Actualidades en PsicologíaOpen Access

Dark personality and aggressiveness: The mediating role of anger and hostility

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NFNuno FerreiraLSLayrtthon Carlos de Oliveira SantosTPTamyres Tomaz Paiva

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Analysis shows dark personality traits correlate with aggressiveness in individuals, suggesting that anger and hostility play key roles.

Key Points

  • Dark personality traits are significantly linked to higher levels of aggressiveness.
  • Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy were positively correlated with aggressiveness factors.
  • Anger and hostility mediate the relationship between dark personality traits and aggressive behaviors.
  • Feelings of hostility and emotions of anger may perpetuate aggressive actions in individuals.

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Ferreira et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e9b1d9ba7d64b6fc132ef7https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v39i138.58266
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