Sarah Sabouri1, Markus Gerber2, Sakari Lemola3, Stephen P Becker4, Mahin Shamsi1, Zeinab Shakouri1, Dena Sadeghi Bahmani5, Nadeem Kalak5, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler5, Serge Brand6. 1. Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 3. Department of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. 4. Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. 5. Center for Affective-, Stress- and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. 6. Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, Sport Science Section, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Center for Affective-, Stress- and Sleep Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: serge.brand@upkbs.ch.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Dark Triad (DT) describes a set of three closely related personality traits, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between DT traits, sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty. METHOD: A total of 341 adults (M=29years) completed a series of questionnaires related to the DT traits, sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty. RESULTS: A higher DT total score was associated with increased sleep disturbances, and higher scores for anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty. In regression analyses Machiavellianism and psychopathy were predictors of sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that specific DT traits, namely Machiavellianism and psychopathy, are associated with sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in young adults.
BACKGROUND: The Dark Triad (DT) describes a set of three closely related personality traits, Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between DT traits, sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty. METHOD: A total of 341 adults (M=29years) completed a series of questionnaires related to the DT traits, sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty. RESULTS: A higher DT total score was associated with increased sleep disturbances, and higher scores for anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty. In regression analyses Machiavellianism and psychopathy were predictors of sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity, and intolerance of uncertainty. CONCLUSIONS: Results indicate that specific DT traits, namely Machiavellianism and psychopathy, are associated with sleep disturbances, anxiety sensitivity and intolerance of uncertainty in young adults.
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