An unjustified bad reputation? The Dark Triad and support for populism
Galais Gonzàlez, Carolina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)
Rico, Guillem (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)

Data:	2021
Resum:	While research concludes that populist leaders stand out for their "dark" personalities, studies on the psychological underpinnings of citizens' populist attitudes are scant and inconclusive, with some agreement on the association between disagreeableness and populist attitudes. By bringing the Dark Triad personality traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism into the picture, we aim to answer whether populist citizens -like populist leaders-score higher in this dark traits, and whether the addition of the Dark Triad helps to better understanding the populist personality. Using an online Spanish sample, our analyses find that using the Dark Triad does indeed add to our understanding of populist attitudes. In opposition to widespread intuitions about the character of populists, we find that psychopathy and Machiavellianism are negatively associated with support for populism, with only narcissism being positively related to the people-centric dimension of populist attitudes.
Ajuts:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CSO2014-52950-R
Nota:	This research was supported by the project " Populist Attitudes in Spanish Public Opinion," funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity (CSO2014-52950-R).
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Electoral Studies, Vol. 72 (august 2021) , p. 102357, ISSN 0261-3794

DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102357

6 p, 423.1 KB

El registre apareix a les col·leccions:
Articles > Articles de recerca
Articles > Articles publicats