Abstract
The aim of the present study was to determine if a general factor of personality (GFP) could be extracted from a collection of sub-clinical antisocial personality traits. A total of 1505 adults completed the Short-D3 assessing the Dark Triad traits of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Additionally, they filled out the Vices and Virtues Scale (VAVS) measuring the seven deadly sins—anger, envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, and sloth. Principal components analysis yielded a GFP accounting for 47% of the variance in the data. All variables exhibited high loadings on this general factor, ranging from .45 (sloth) to .79 (pride). The loadings remained high even when the scores were adjusted for the effect of social desirability. The implications of these results on the ongoing debate regarding the nature and meaning of a potential GFP are discussed in the context of existing evolutionary theories of human personality.
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