Dark personality and aggressiveness: The mediating role of anger and hostility

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Analysis shows dark personality traits correlate with aggressiveness in individuals, suggesting that anger and hostility play key roles.

Dark personality traits are significantly linked to higher levels of aggressiveness.
Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy were positively correlated with aggressiveness factors.
Anger and hostility mediate the relationship between dark personality traits and aggressive behaviors.
Feelings of hostility and emotions of anger may perpetuate aggressive actions in individuals.

Ferreira et al. (2025) studied this question.

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