The article explores how manipulative and other dark-triad personality traits relate to expectations of emotional closeness in romantic relationships, with findings showing Machiavellianism as a strong predictor of low intimacy expectations and age and gender moderating these effects.

The topic is of interest to psychology enthusiasts because it highlights how personality patterns and attachment styles shape beliefs about intimacy, offering insight into how individuals anticipate trust and self-disclosure in relationships without venturing into clinical advice.

Article Title: New study links manipulative personality traits to lower relationship intimacy expectations

Link to PsyPost Article: https://nolinkpreview.com/www.psypost.org/do-manipulative-people-expect-less-from-love/

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Did you know there's a "Light Triad" to counter the Dark Triad?

Dark:
😈 Narcissism
🎭 Machiavellianism
🖤 Psychopathy

Light:
🤍 Humanism
🤍 Kantianism
🤍 Faith in Humanity

See your balance on a radar chart: https://prismatest.com/en/tests/dark-light-triad

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The greatest threat to #Empath personality-types is not in fact the #DarkTriad personalities that target them, but the adoption of #Altruist traits by the Empath

Put bluntly, you can’t help anyone unless you first help yourself, and you can’t walk a mile in another person’s shoes unless you first know yourself

But, that is why the #Narcissist favours altruism-themed shaming as an abuse tactic, weaving it through every stage of Narcissistic Abuse; it is not merely effective, it is the most harmful. The fact that Western society endows altruism with implicit moral authority is secondary, a bonus, which lets them get away with it in public.

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Every #Psychopath always causes as much harm as possible satisfying their selfish desires at the expense of others as they are able to get away with

Not as little harm as necessary to get what they want

As much as they can

Always

The only difference to single out the #CriminalPsychopath is that their core delusion has progressed to the extent that even while in custody they are convinced they’re getting away with it. So yes, the full horror of psychopathy is on display for all to see. But that’s it. That’s the only difference. Optics.

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