ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Women's Intrasexual Rivalry and the Dark Triad

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Ty Steele
    Nipissing University
  • Adam Davis
    University of Ottawa, Canada
  • Megan MacKinnon
    Nipissing University
  • Steven Arnocky
    Nipissing University

Abstract

134 young women completed measures for the Dark Triad and a tendency toward intrasexual competition. Aligning with previous findings, each Dark Triad trait correlated positively with intrasexual competitiveness. Furthermore, in a multiple regression model, only narcissism emerged as a unique positive predictor of a proclivity toward competing with intrasexual rivals.

Personality Traits