Love actually: Is relationship status associated with dark triad personality traits and attitudes towards love?

ABSTRACT: Romantic love plays a central role in the lives of individuals and influences decisions about lasting relationships such as marriage or cohabitation. To understand the dynamics of intimate relationships, both personality traits and attitudes toward love styles need to be explored. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the possible differences between married/cohabiting and single individuals in terms of Dark Triad personality traits and attitudes towards love styles, and to investigate which of these factors can significantly predict participants' relationship status. As a secondary objective, we analysed the presence of gender differences in the examined constructs. A total of 1101 participants (mean age ± SD: 40.75 ± 16.07; women: 710, 64.5 %) completed the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen a

SUBMITTER: Benfante A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11693915 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature