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Look What You Made Me Do: Examining Dark Traits and Victimhood Tendencies in Allocation Games


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dc.contributor.advisorSvyantek, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorEads, Lilah
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-15T15:27:35Z
dc.date.available2025-04-15T15:27:35Z
dc.date.issued2025-04-15
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.auburn.edu//handle/10415/9651
dc.description.abstractThe current study examined the relationship between Dark Personality, Light Personality, and the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood using allocation games. While previous research has established connections between the Dark Tetrad (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, narcissism, and everyday sadism,) the Light Triad (faith in humanity, humanism, and Kantianism,) and behavior in allocation games, this study contributes to the literature by investigating the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood (moral elitism, need for recognition, lack of empathy, rumination) and its relationship with these other personality frameworks. To do so, two different allocation games (Dictator's and Ultimatum) with manipulated conditions of context, framing, and resource were used. This study also examined the potential moderating role of Honesty-Humility in allocation behavior. Results provided insights into personality and behavior. The Dark Tetrad, Light Triad, and the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood significantly predicted donation behavior on allocation games. Honesty-Humility only moderated the relationship between the Dark Tetrad and allocation behavior. Factors of these allocation games themselves, such as framing, context, and resource, as well as the specific combination of these factors, impacted behavior. This research has important implications for understanding the role of personality in workplace behavior and decision-making, which becomes relevant particularly in leadership and executive positions where Dark traits may be more prevalent.en_US
dc.rightsEMBARGO_NOT_AUBURNen_US
dc.subjectPsychological Sciencesen_US
dc.titleLook What You Made Me Do: Examining Dark Traits and Victimhood Tendencies in Allocation Gamesen_US
dc.typePhD Dissertationen_US
dc.embargo.lengthMONTHS_WITHHELD:24en_US
dc.embargo.statusEMBARGOEDen_US
dc.embargo.enddate2027-04-15en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMichel, Jesse
dc.contributor.committeeKunstman, Jonathan
dc.contributor.committeeSawhney, Gargi
dc.contributor.committeeWadsworth, Danielle

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