Animal House: The Dark Tetrad traits and membership in sororities and fraternities
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Date
2022
Authors
Kay, Cameron S.
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Publisher
Elsevier
Abstract
Very little is known about the relationship between antagonistic personality traits and membership in Greekletter
organizations (GLOs). The present study (N = 2191) examined the association between the Dark Tetrad
traits—Machiavellianism, grandiose narcissism, psychopathy, and everyday sadism—and membership in sororities
and fraternities. Participants who were high in grandiose narcissism were more likely to be in sororities
and fraternities, whereas participants who were high in Machiavellianism and everyday sadism were less likely
to be in these organizations. Psychopathy was not significantly associated with membership in GLOs. Taken
together, the present results suggest that members of GLOs are not necessarily more manipulative, cold-hearted,
or cruel than their non-GLO counterparts, but they may be more entitled, domineering, and status-seeking.
Description
5 pages
Keywords
Machiavellianism, Grandiose narcissism, Psychopathy, Everyday sadism, Sorority, Fraternity
Citation
Cameron S. Kay, Animal House: The Dark Tetrad traits and membership in sororities and fraternities, Acta Psychologica, Volume 222, 2022, 103473, ISSN 0001-6918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2021.103473.