Abstract
The study examined the influence of the dark triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy) and gender on violent intentions among teenagers. The design adopted for the study is the survey design. A total of 300 participants took that cut across the three Senatorial districts of Yobe State participated in the study. The subejects were examined on a battery of standardized psychological tests. The sample comprised of 155 (51.7%) male and 145 (48.3%) female, standardized paper and pencil questionnaire was employed for data collection. The influence of the dimensions of the dark triad personality traits (Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy, and gender and socioeconomic status were examined on the violent intention of the teenagers using hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that each independent variable can jointly and independently predict violent intentions. It was recommended that government, law enforcement agencies, psychologists, teachers and individuals should be aware of the relationship existing between dark triad personality traits, aggression and violent intentions so as to reduce deviant behaviours and handle criminals appropriately.
Highlights
North-East Nigeria continues to be hotspot for a significant humanitarian crisis, resulting from the ongoing armed conflict between Boko Haram, the Nigerian military, and the Multi-National Task Force
In line with one of the hypotheses of this study which stated that there will be a significant relationship between the dark triad personality traits and aggression, the outcome of the research revealed that each constructs of the dark triad personality traits were positively related to aggression
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Summary
North-East Nigeria continues to be hotspot for a significant humanitarian crisis, resulting from the ongoing armed conflict between Boko Haram, the Nigerian military, and the Multi-National Task Force. In 2020, the violent conflict in North-East Nigeria entered its eleventh year and indications suggest that the crisis will progress into the near future. An estimated 1.8 million people remain internally displaced by the conflict and 200,000 have sought refuge in neighboring countries of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger [1]. Youth are usually at the receiving end of the population in most of the conflict and displacement prone contexts within which Danish Refugee Council-Danish Demining Group (DRC-DDG) operate, and North-East Nigeria is no exception, where young people account for many of those adversely affected by the conflict as it has disrupted their access to education and social services. Some have been subjected to overwhelming violence that will have a longterm impact on their psychological well-being [3]
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