Table 1. The correlation matrix including means, standard deviations (SD) and Alphas of both light and dark character traits.

	Character trait	Mean	SD	Alpha	Self-directedness	Cooperativeness	Self-transcendence	Machiavellianism	Narcissism	Psychopathy
Light	Self-directedness	3.59	±0.68	.56	–
	Cooperativeness	3.81	±0.64	.53	.29***	–
	Self-transcendence	2.97	±0.77	.56	.10**	.16**	–
Dark	Machiavellianism	2.98	±0.67	.74	−.28***	−.57***	−.05	–
	Narcissism	2.73	±0.65	.72	.14***	−.25***	.19***	.35***	–
	Psychopathy	1.86	±0.6	.72	−.27***	−.58***	.02	.51***	.40***	–

Notes.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.

Yellow fields, significant correlations between light character traits.

Black fields, significant correlations between dark character traits.

Grey fields, significant correlations between light and dark character traits.