Corporate leaders with Machiavellian personalities receive higher compensation even when their company underperforms, according to new research.

The lucrative pay for American CEOs often makes headlines. In 1965, CEO compensation was 22 times higher than the pay of an average worker. In recent ...

Sanctity relates to seeing oneself as deeply moral and kind, while heroism focuses on being a protector and savior within a ...

How do people end intimate relationships? Researchers have identified 45 ways people break up, grouped into nine tactics and ...

Are you losing faith in humanity because of everything that is going on right now? If so, that is no surprise. Our habit of ...

Constant exposure to negative news and “doomscrolling” can make us lose faith in humanity by convincing us that people are ...

Machiavellianism is marked by manipulativeness, a drive to win at all costs and a focus on personal gain—all traits that help ...

The study linked adverse social conditions including poverty, inequality and violence with “The Dark Factor of Personality.” ...

A chilling new study has revealed that certain American states harbor significantly higher concentrations of individuals with ...

As it turns out, our personalities are, in fact, shaped by the environments we grow up in, and Nevada, New York, South Dakota, and Texas contain the highest percentages of those in possession of “dark ...

Previous studies have shown that the so-called "dark triad" of personalities can show on people's faces and can even make ...