Researchers Yavor Dragostinov and Tom Booth set out to test the supposed allure of Dark Triad traits by examining how men and women rated the attractiveness of different personality types.

For long-term relationships in the first study, similar trends emerged, with those preferring women again giving higher attractiveness ratings overall, but still no support for higher Dark Triad ...

The term “Dark Triad” refers to a trio of negative personality traits—narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy—which share some common malevolent features. The construct was coined by ...