The dark tetrad, encompassing narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy and sadism, has been explored within a variety of professional and educational settings. However, its relations with the psychological literacy of preservice teachers remains under-researched. This article examines the relations between the individual traits of the dark tetrad and psychological literacy in teacher education, which consists of Psychological Misconceptions, Critical Openness, Reflective Skepticism, Trust in Science, and Integrity. The measures were administered to a sample of psychology teacher education students (N = 164) using the Dark Tetrad Questionnaire, the Psychological Knowledge Questionnaire, the Dispositions for Critical Thinking Scale, the Science Trustworthiness Scale, and the Integrity Scale. The following relations between the variables under study were found: The Dark Tetrad dimension Sadism was negatively correlated with Critical Openness, Reflective Skepticism, and Integrity, and weakly positively correlated with Trust in Science. The dark tetrad dimension Psychopathy correlated negatively with Reflective Skepticism and Integrity. The dark tetrad dimensions of Narcissism and Machiavellianism correlated negatively with Reflective Skepticism. On the basis of the above results, it is possible to recommend targeted selection of candidates for the teaching profession and systematic improvement of their psychological literacy in the sense of prevention of the occurrence of individual dimensions of the dark tetrad in the personality of future teachers.

Authors:
Andrea Juhásová, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
Viktor Gatial, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia

About the Presenter(s)
Andrea Juhásová, PhD. is currently an associate professor at the Department of Educational and School Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra, Slovakia.

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