THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DARK TRIAD, ANXIETY, AND COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS AMONG ACADEMICIAN IN TURKEY

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between the Dark Triad, cognitive distortions, and anxiety among academics in Turkey, and to compare these relationships based on certain demographic variables.Data were collected from 95 participants using the Sociodemographic Information Form, the Short Dark Triad Scale, the Cognitive Distortions Scale, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.Notable findings include the significant results of catastrophizing in many analyses and the lower levels of Machiavellianism among individuals with higher academic titles.Catastrophizing has shown significant differences in many analyses.Academicians with the title of Associate Professor are more disadvantaged in terms of cognitive distortions compared to other academicians.In the analyses related to the Dark Triad personality traits, only Machiavellianism yielded significant results.These findings have been discussed in light of the literature.