Sexual Well-Being and the Dark Triad

The good and bad effects of so-called dark traits on sexuality.

In personality psychology, there has been great interest in understanding the so-called “dark triad” — socially aversive traits that include psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism. Although one theory is that the dark triad are traits that facilitate short-term mating, i.e. casual sexual encounters without long-term commitment, little is known about how these traits are related to the quality of a person’s sexual functioning.