This study is the first to directly investigate the relationship between the Dark Triad traits and considering cosmetic surgery. The sample consisted of 222 university students, aged between 18 and 37 (M = 24.59, SD = 4.17), from Tehran, Iran. Participants completed the Short Dark Triad scale and “consider” subscale of Acceptance of Cosmetic Surgery Scale. Descriptive statistics and evaluation of sex differences suggested that psychopathy was significantly higher in men and considering cosmetic surgery was significantly higher in women. Correlational analyses showed that psychopathy was associated with considering cosmetic surgery in men and women. Machiavellianism was associated with considering cosmetic surgery in women, but not men. Narcissism was not found to be related to considering cosmetic surgery. Findings of this study indicated that psychopathy is associated with considering cosmetic surgery. Moreover, sex moderated the relationship between Machiavellianism and considering cosmetic surgery. Implications of this exploratory study and future directions are discussed.

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个性的黑暗三元组和考虑整容手术：一项探索性研究

这项研究是第一个直接调查黑暗三合会特征与考虑整容手术之间关系的研究。样本由来自伊朗德黑兰的 222 名大学生组成，年龄在 18 至 37 岁之间（M = 24.59，SD = 4.17）。参与者完成了短暗三元组量表和接受整容手术量表的“考虑”分量表。性别差异的描述性统计和评估表明，男性的精神病患者显着更高，而考虑整容手术的女性显着更高。相关分析表明，精神病与男性和女性考虑进行整容手术有关。马基雅维利主义与考虑对女性进行整容手术有关，但与男性无关。没有发现自恋与考虑整容手术有关。这项研究的结果表明，精神病与考虑整容手术有关。此外，性别调节了马基雅维利主义与考虑整容手术之间的关系。讨论了这项探索性研究的意义和未来的方向。