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 | ||||||||||
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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.