The Dark triad and chronotype

Abstract

The article presents the research results of the relationship between the chronotype of daily activities and the personality traits of Dark triad. Basing on P.Johnason’s studies we proposed that Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy are associated with the preferences in the evening-oriented chronotype. The sample consists of 191 undergraduate students, age 18-25 years. The short form of Dark triad questionnaire and the short version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire are used. The data were processed by the correlation (Pearson) and multivariate regression analysis. As a result, it was found that machiavellianism is associated with preference in morning-oriented chronotype and psychopathy - in evening-oriented chronotype. Narcissism does not show association with chronotype.