The Dark Side of Emotion Recognition – Evidence From Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and China

Frontiers in Psychology

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Helena S. Schmitt¹  Cornelia Sindermann¹  Mei Li²  Yina Ma³  Keith M. Kendrick⁴  Benjamin Becker⁴  Christian Montag¹ 

[1] Department of Molecular Psychology, Institute of Psychology and Education, Ulm University;Student Counseling Center, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture;State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Key Laboratory of Brain Imaging and Connectomics, Beijing Normal University;The Clinical Hospital of Chengdu Brain Science Institute, MOE Key Laboratory for Neuroinformation, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

关键词: dark triad of personality;    Emotional Manipulation;    dark EI;    reading the mind in the eyes test;    emotion recognition;    cross-cultural;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01132

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background The dark triad of personality (DT) comprises three antisocial personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) that are characterized by callousness and the motive to elevate the self while derogating other people. Previous research indicates that the positive relationship between the DT traits and interpersonally deviant behaviors is especially pronounced at high levels of emotional abilities. This has also been referred to as dark Emotional Intelligence (EI). Since prior studies predominantly examined dark EI via trait-approach, the present study targeted at providing evidence for dark EI using a behavioral measure of EI, namely emotion recognition performance. In order to study the robustness and cross-cultural validity of findings, parallel investigations were conducted in Germany and China.

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