Dark features in personality

Authors

  • Yousif Hama Salih Mustafa جامعة صلاح الدين – كلية الآداب- قسم علم النفس

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23813/fa/16/41

Keywords:

Dark features

Abstract

Abstract :

        Researcher in this theoretical research reveals an important and contemporary topic in the field of mental health and personality , focusing on the traits or  dark  feature in human personality .

    The dark trait referring to the characteristics that others can not easily see it in person, except in special contexts or in everyday life stressful situations and it is also dark because of their negative impact on the mental and physical health in general .

These traits are called dark Third , which includes (Psychopath ,  narcissism and Machiavellianism), which mediates the relationship between the stress of life and emotional experiences of the individual.

And the process of responding  to the stress illustrate the inevitable effects of these stress  on the mental and physical health of the human being. According to the literature in this area, the reaction to the stress is more important than the real exposure to the stress itself , and these three dark traits , together or singly has an active role in our responses to the stressful situations, as well as contribute to the reduction of our agreeableness trait and increase the selfish and aggressive behavior

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Published

2023-08-08

How to Cite

[1]
أ.د.يوسف حمه صالح مصطفى, “Dark features in personality”, jfath, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 94–102, Aug. 2023.