THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIFE POSITIONS AND DARK SIDES OF PERSONALITY

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship between university students' life positions and dark triad personality traits. Relational survey model was used in this quantitative study. The study group of the research consisted of a total of 307 university students, 246 (80.1%) of whom were female and 61 (19.9%) of whom were male, studying in Konya province. In this study, "Personal Information Form", "Life Positions Scale" and "Abbreviated Dark Triad Scale" were used to collect data. SPSS 21.00 package program was used to analyze the data collected in the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the relationship between variables and Multiple Regression Analysis techniques were used to determine the predictive relationships. According to the results of the study, a significant relationship was found between some sub-dimensions of university students' life positions and sub-dimensions of dark triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy). On the contrary, it was observed that there was a negative relationship between the I'm OKEY-You're OKEY life position and the dark triad personality traits, whereas there was a generally positive relationship between the other three life positions (I'm OKEY-You're not OKEY, I'm not OKEY-You're OKEY and I'm not OKEY-You're not OKEY) and the dark triad personality traits. It was also found that life positions significantly predicted dark triad personality traits.