Table 1. Results from the t-tests for each Dark Triad character trait for swear words’ frequency and offensiveness.
The black cells indicate significant results.
Dark Trait | Dark Profile | Swear Words’ Frequency | Swear Words’ Offensivenes | ||||
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t | p | Cohen’s d | t | p | Cohen’s d | ||
Machiavellianism | MNP vs. mNP | 2.89 | .004 | 0.32 | −0.60 | .55 | −0.07 |
MNp vs. mNp | 0.61 | .54 | 0.09 | 0.54 | .59 | 0.08 | |
MnP vs. mnP | 2.96 | .003 | 0.40 | −0.75 | .46 | −0.10 | |
Mnp vs. mnp | 2.64 | .009 | 0.33 | −2.15 | .03 | −0.27 | |
Narcissim | MNP vs. MnP | 0.40 | .69 | 0.04 | −0.23 | .82 | −0.02 |
MNp vs. Mnp | −0.40 | .69 | −0.07 | 2.26 | .03 | 0.40 | |
mNP vs. mnP | 0.51 | .61 | 0.08 | −0.36 | .72 | −0.06 | |
mNp vs. mnp | 2.13 | .03 | 0.24 | −0.31 | .76 | −0.03 | |
Psychopathy | MNP vs. MNp | 3.79 | .000 | 0.42 | −3.41 | .001 | −0.38 |
MnP vs. Mnp | 2.30 | .02 | 0.35 | −0.06 | .95 | −0.01 | |
mNP vs. mNp | 1.37 | .17 | 0.20 | −1.85 | .07 | −0.27 | |
mnP vs. mnp | 3.07 | .002 | 0.35 | −1.87 | .06 | −0.21 |
Notes.
- M/m
- high/low Machiavellianism
- N/n
- high/low narcissism
- P/p
- high/low
- MNP
- maleficent
- MNp
- manipulative narcissistic
- MnP
- anti-social
- Mnp
- Machiavellian
- mNP
- psychopathic narcissistic
- mNp
- narcissistic
- mnP
- psychopathic
- mnp
- benevolent