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72
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2007
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114

Overview

Delroy L. Paulhus is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and primarily works in the field of Psychology. Their research spans multiple subfields including Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's main research topics include Personality Traits and Psychology, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending, Social and Intergroup Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, as well as Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression.

Paulhus's recent scholarly articles include:

  • Screening for Dark Personalities, 2020, European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • Examining the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4) Across Models, Correlates, and Gender, 2021, Assessment
  • Dark or disturbed?: Predicting aggression from the Dark Tetrad and schizotypy, 2021, Aggressive Behavior
  • Extracting Agency and Communion From the Big Five: A Four-Way Competition, 2021, Assessment
  • Validation of the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4) in Persian, 2024, Journal of Individual Differences

Frequently publishing in journals such as Assessment, PsycTESTS Dataset, SSRN Electronic Journal, European Journal of Psychological Assessment, and Aggressive Behavior, Paulhus has contributed to the literature primarily in the domains of personality assessment and psychopathology.

Among frequent collaborators are Paul D. Trapnell, Daniel N. Jones, Erin E. Buckels, Matthias Ziegler, and Craig S. Neumann, with whom Paulhus has co-authored multiple publications.

In addition to journal articles, Paulhus has contributed to book publications including a title published by IntechOpen: Empathy - Advanced Research and Applications, released in 2022.

Best Publications

  • The Dark Triad of personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy

    Delroy L Paulhus;Kevin M Williams

  • Measurement and control of response bias.

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Two-component models of socially desirable responding.

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Introducing the short Dark Triad (SD3): a brief measure of dark personality traits.

    Daniel N. Jones;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Is acculturation unidimensional or bidimensional? A head-to-head comparison in the prediction of personality, self-identity, and adjustment.

    Andrew G. Ryder;Lynn E. Alden;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • The Dark Triad of Personality: A 10 Year Review

    Adrian Furnham;Steven C. Richards;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Interpersonal and intrapsychic adaptiveness of trait self-enhancement: a mixed blessing?

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Socially desirable responding: The evolution of a construct.

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • The self-report method.

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Simine Vazire

  • Enhancement and Denial in Socially Desirable Responding

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Douglas B. Reid

  • Trolls just want to have fun

    Erin E. Buckels;Paul D. Trapnell;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Egoistic and Moralistic Biases in Self-Perception: The Interplay of Self-Deceptive Styles With Basic Traits and Motives

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Oliver P. John

  • Socially Desirable Responding in Organizational Behavior: A Reconception

    Wilfred J. Zerbe;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Is acculturation unidimensional or bidimensional? A head-to-head comparison in the prediction of personality, self-identity, and adjustment.

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  • Sphere-Specific Measures of Perceived Control

    Delroy Paulhus

  • Interpersonal and intrapsychic adaptiveness of trait self-enhancement: A mixed blessing?

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  • Two Replicable Suppressor Situations in Personality Research.

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Richard W. Robins;Kali H. Trzesniewski;Jessica L. Tracy

  • The role of impulsivity in the Dark Triad of personality

    Daniel N. Jones;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Behavioral Confirmation of Everyday Sadism

    Erin E. Buckels;Daniel N. Jones;Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Toward a Taxonomy of Dark Personalities

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • Self-Deception and Impression Management in Test Responses

    Delroy L. Paulhus

  • The over-claiming technique: measuring self-enhancement independent of ability.

    Delroy L. Paulhus;Peter D. Harms;M. Nadine Bruce;Daria C. Lysy

  • National character does not reflect mean personality trait levels in 49 cultures

    A. Terracciano;A. M. Abdel-Khalek;N. Ádám;L. Adamovová

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul D. Trapnell
Paul D. Trapnell University of Winnipeg
Carol Lynn Martin
Carol Lynn Martin Arizona State University
Michelle Yik
Michelle Yik Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Peter D. Harms
Peter D. Harms University of Alabama
Matthias Ziegler
Matthias Ziegler Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Lynn E. Alden
Lynn E. Alden University of British Columbia
Andrew G. Ryder
Andrew G. Ryder Concordia University
Michael Bond
Michael Bond Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jochen E. Gebauer
Jochen E. Gebauer University of Mannheim
Robert R. McCrae
Robert R. McCrae Independent Scientist / Consultant, US

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