Dark Triad Personality Test

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Here are a few that I think would have cross over between ASD and the conditions this test measures for. I could be wrong. It might just be my weird difficulty interpreting these kinds of questions. Just how it seems to me.

I was trying to get at what Esther was saying but she said it much better than I could. Some of the questions I pasted are related to what Esther is saying.

On top of that a high percentage of people with ASD are bullied and tend to have an un-normal (don't want to use abnormal) expectation of people in terms of good and bad.

Narcissism (Narcissism is an egotistical preoccupation with self.)
Score is 2.9 ; 74.7 Percentile

Machiavellianism (Machiavellianism is a tendency to be manipulative and deceitful.)
Score is 3.5 ; 90.3 Percentile

Psychopathy (Psychopathy reflects shallow emotional responses.)
Score is 3.8 ; 96.4 Percentile

Hmm interesting results. I am not really sure what exactly they mean. How this compares to others. I am having one of those "off" days and can't think today. Like my brain is overworked and just fried.

Aweome! Should have figured you knew about it, of course.
You're bit more nihilist than me But a lot of religious people seem to have that mentality that it's only the [insert religious text here] stopping them from out and out murder people. Hence they often argue that atheists must all be evil, because they don't go after the book(s). I shudder to think what they'd do if they weren't religious then.
I don't think being aware of peoples potential for evil warrant that high scores on actually being evil though, like the test presumes.




I agree. Also anxiety or actual talent/smarts/good looks could give those results. The typical recipe of how to make a narcissist is to have someone think there is something fundamentally wrong with them, which they then will counter with a fragile high sense of self-worth as a survival mechanism. Actual narcissists are a bit more complicated than just vanity. And if there is one group that gets told in everything ("talented? SPLINTERSKILLS!!!11"/"intelligence? Just ROOOOTE" etc etc etc forever) that they are damaged, it is ASD people. But I think it might just be the typical ASD "self-absorbedness" (wrong word, I know) happening...

Narcissism 1.5 / 13%

Machiavellianism 0.3 / 0.1%

Psychopathy 0.2 / 0.8%

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Yes, almost matches the tests for Asperger's. It's just that in this case they set it up to be about the dark triad. I think we come at the questions from a different direction than the test-maker thought of.

Must add that I actually know a diagnosed dysfunctional (not in terms of autism, in terms of psychopathy) psychopath (not by choice, an inlaw) and known at least one that is currently locked up for arson, and an ex that is a repeat offender rapist (manipulative, but dumb as a rock), and a lot of assorted other scum, that I guess in hindsight probably are psychopaths. My on again/off again "best friend" of a period of my youth was very suave juvenile delinquent, and if he were alive today he probably would be diagnosed as a psychopath too. I take no pleasure in manipulating others (so I don't) and they most certainly do - even for little insignificant worthless things that I find ridiculous and don't see the point of. I often score very low on being machiavellian, and about average for psychopathy. So even if my tests are among the higher here, I still don't identify with that disorder. Also

psychopathy - being very good at recognising others feelings but just not caring
vs
asperger's - not recognising others feelings and feeling very bad about unintentional evil

machavellian - manipulating others
vs
asperger's - being bad at social things

kind of cancel each other out...

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Dont even understand the first question.

I let others worry about higher values; my main concern is with the bottom line.

what does that mean ? higher values? buttom line ? of what?.

Some of the questions where hard to comprehend and seemed to be more statements. and confusing of the test...
I was constantly asking my gf for a translation and still.
Also why the need for 3 answers? strongly agree or disagree? Then we why do we need agree or disagree, Why do they always
refer to "strongly"

The end justifies the means.

I find that really funny, because I'm not physically attractive by any means. No one, not even close friends, have ever complimented me on my appearance, and I suspect that part of the reason why no one who I have ever wanted to date has reciprocated my feelings is because of the way that I look.

No, my narcissism has much more to do with my areas of interest - art, writing and music. I am highly competitive in these things, becoming prideful when I feel that I have an edge over others, suffering crushing blows to my self-esteem when I am criticized (constructively or otherwise) and becoming insanely jealous of anyone who I perceive to be more talented or experienced than me.

I'm surprised:
Narcissism - 2.6 - 60.2%
Machiavellianism - 2.2 - 42.8%
Psychopathy - 1.3 - 24%

I thought I was a better person.

Narcissism 2.6 and 60.2%
Machiavellianism 2.5 and 54.9%
Psychopathy. 2.4 and 62.2%

Narcissism: 2,2 42,4
Machiavellianism : 2,1 37,9
Psychopathy: 1,2 20,5

On the question: "On a scale from 0 to 100, enter how confident you are that yours answers accurately reflect who you are" I answered 40.

It's interesting how the test results differs from one end on the scale to the other!

Narcissism 1.8 23.1%
Machiavellianism 1.9 29.4%
Psychopathy 2 47.7%

Well I thought, I would be a bit "more evil".
But I knew, that I'm not narcissistic at all, but slightly psychopathic, but still totally in the normal range.
So the test seems to be about right.