Expanding the Nomological Network of Dark Tetrad: The Case of Cynicism, Aggressive Humor and Attitudes towards Immigrants

Janko Međedović; Tara Bulut

doi:10.47152/ziksi201703313

Autori

Janko Međedović Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6022-7934
Tara Bulut Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu, Srbija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi201703313

Ključne reči:

mračna tetrada, agresivni humor, cinizam, stavovi prema imigrantima

Apstrakt

Prostor amoralnih, obmanjujućih i antisocijalnih ličnosnih dispozicija obično se opisuje preko koncepta Mračne trijade, koji se sastoji od psihopatije, Makijavelizma i narcizma. U skorije vreme, u ovaj koncept integrisana je crta sadizma (uživanje u patnji drugih), i tako kreirana Mračna tetrada. U ovom istraživanju pokušali smo da proširimo nomološku mrežu mračnih crta istražujući njihove relacije sa cinizmom, agresivnim humorom, i stavovima prema imigrantima (operacionalizovanim kao realistična i simbolična pretnja). Istraživanje je sprovedeno onlajn na uzorku iz zajednice (N = 341). Nalazi studije pokazuju da Mračne crte uspešno predviđaju sve kriterijumske varijable, ali se procenti objašnjene varijanse veoma razlikuju: koeficijent determinacije (R²) varirao je od .11 (u slučaju simbolične pretnje) do .38 (u slučaju agresivnog humora). Faktorska analiza pokazala je da agresivni humor i cinizam mogu u velikoj meri biti posmatrani kao ispoljavanja mračnih crta ličnosti, dok negativni stavovi prema imigrantima mogu biti konceptualizovani kao korelati Mračne tetrade. Rezultati istraživanja pružaju dublji uvid u motivacionu osnovu cinizma i agresivnog humora i otkrivaju nove potencijalne dispozicije za antagonizam prema imigrantima.

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