Dark Triad in the context of career choice

(Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy) in the context of
the vocational interests in high school students. We assumed
that students tending towards the helping professions might
score differently in Dark Triad traits compared to students
oriented towards professions such as manufacturing, business,
or law (Jonason et al., 2014; Kowalski et al., 2017). The main goal
of the study was to examine the differences in Dark Triad traits
with respect to students´ professional intentions. The research
was conducted on a sample of 181 students of grammar schools
and secondary vocational schools in Slovakia (Mage = 18.3 years;
SD = .77); 57% were boys, 43% were girls. The Slovak version of
the Short Dark Triad (Čopková & Šafár, 2020; Jones & Paulhus,
2014) and the Questionnaire of Professional Intentions (Džuka,
2006) were used. Testing the significance of differences between
students with different professional intentions pointed to
significant differences in subclinical psychopathy. Significantly
higher psychopathy was shown by students oriented to the
sphere of production compared to students oriented to art,
science and education. Also in psychopathy, students oriented
towards the sphere of business scored higher than students
oriented towards the sphere of art and education. Testing of
within-subject variability showed Machiavellianism as the most
significant feature of the Dark Triad in all professional spheres.