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. 2020 Jul 27;8:e9620. doi: 10.7717/peerj.9620

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
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