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. 2016 Feb 8;4:e1675. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1675

Table 3. Results from the t-tests analyses for each Dark Triad character trait for self-directedness, cooperativeness, and self-transcendence.

Significant results are marked in bold type.

Self-directedness Cooperativeness Self-transcendence
t p Cohen’s d rpb t p Cohen’s d rpb t p Cohen’s d rpb
Machiavellianism
MNP vs. mNP −3.56 .000 −0.53 .26 −7.60 .000 −0.86 .39 −1.91 .057 −0.21 .11
MNp vs. mNp −2.01 .046 −0.32 .16 −2.70 .008 −0.51 .25 0.86 .391 0.14 .07
MnP vs. mnP −3.05 .003 −0.42 .21 −6.23 .000 −0.91 .41 −2.87 .004 −0.40 .20
Mnp vs. mnp −3.13 .002 −0.36 .18 −6.05 .000 −1.01 .45 0.24 .813 0.03 .01
Narcissism
MNP vs. MnP 3.56 .000 0.37 .18 −0.84 .401 −0.09 .04 3.73 .000 0.39 .19
MNp vs. Mnp 2.60 .010 0.42 .20 0.56 .575 0.09 .04 1.87 .063 0.30 .15
mNP vs. mnP 2.73 .007 0.43 .21 0.25 .803 0.04 .02 1.42 .158 0.22 .11
mNp vs. mnp 2.79 .006 0.39 .19 −2.38 .018 −0.27 .13 1.43 .153 0.16 .08
Psychopathy
MNP vs. MNp −3.23 .001 −0.38 .18 −7.86 .000 −0.91 .42 −1.42 .157 −0.17 .08
MnP vs. Mnp −2.94 .004 −0.39 .19 −6.71 .000 −0.90 .41 −1.98 .049 −0.26 .13
mNP vs. mNp −2.66 .009 −0.40 .20 −4.05 .000 −0.66 .31 1.20 .233 0.18 .09
mnP vs. mnp −2.96 .003 −0.35 .17 −7.32 .000 −0.86 .39 1.20 .232 0.19 .10

Notes.

rpb, point-biseral coefficient.