Abstract. The dark triad of personality (D3) – consisting of psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism – is a set of socially aversive personality traits. All three traits encompass disagreeable behavior and a particular disregard for the well-being of others, but also a tendency to strategic and deceptive manipulation of social environments in order to attain one′s goals. To exercise these complex manipulations effectively it seems beneficial to have high cognitive abilities. Therefore, a meta-analysis was conducted to examine possible relationships between intelligence and the dark triad. A total of 143 studies were identified to estimate the strength of relationships between the D3 and general, verbal, and nonverbal intelligence. The results indicate that none of the constructs of the dark triad are meaningfully related to intelligence. However, there was a small negative correlation between intelligence and Factor 2 psychopathy. The substantial heterogeneity regarding the observed effect sizes could not be explained with meta-regression for the most part. There was no evidence for a publication bias. In total, the results challenge the notion that the dark triad is an adaptive set of personality traits that enables individuals to effectively manipulate their social surroundings.

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一般智力和黑暗三合会

摘要。人格的黑暗三元组（D3）——由精神病、马基雅维利主义和自恋组成——是一组厌恶社交的人格特征。所有这三个特征都包括令人讨厌的行为和对他人福祉的特别漠视，但也包括为了实现自己的目标而对社会环境进行战略性和欺骗性操纵的倾向。为了有效地进行这些复杂的操作，拥有高认知能力似乎是有益的。因此，进行了一项荟萃分析，以检查智力与黑暗三合会之间的可能关系。总共确定了 143 项研究来估计 D3 与一般、语言和非语言智力之间的关系强度。结果表明，黑暗三合会的所有构想都与智力无关。然而，智力与因素 2 精神病之间存在小的负相关。在大多数情况下，元回归无法解释观察到的效应大小的显着异质性。没有证据表明存在发表偏倚。总的来说，结果挑战了黑暗三合会是一组适应性人格特征的概念，它使个人能够有效地操纵他们的社会环境。