Differential Eating Behavior Patterns among the Dark Triad

Liping Shi, Shijin Sun and Yaoguo Geng
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Liping Shi: Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Shijin Sun: Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
Yaoguo Geng: School of Education, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: There is little extant empirical literature examining the associations between Dark Triad (DT: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) and eating behaviors. The current study ( n = 361) investigated the associations between Dark Triad and restrained eating, uncontrolled eating, and emotional eating in a sample drawn from the general population. The results from the study indicate that (a) despite expected sex differences in narcissism and primary psychopathy, no sex differences were found in Machiavellianism, secondary psychopathy, and eating behaviors; (b) among women, Machiavellianism was a protective factor against uncontrolled eating behaviors; (c) the sex of the participant moderated the narcissism–uncontrolled eating behaviors and narcissism–emotional eating behaviors relationships, with the negative correlation being stronger for men than that for women; (d) secondary psychopathy, rather than primary psychopathy, was associated with higher uncontrolled eating behaviors in both sexes, and associated with higher emotional eating behaviors for men only. The implication of these findings are interpreted and discussed.

Keywords: Dark Triad; eating behavior; associations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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