Book of Abstracts – HUMANITAS Global Congress of Flourishing

Psychopathy, Narcissism, Machiavellianism, Sadism and their relationships with Pornography Addiction and Quality of Life among Young Adults.

Authors:
Izabela Minda, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Jakub Seiffert, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Martyna Piankowska, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Anastazja Pol, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Marcin Noras, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Marika Morańska, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Humanitas University in Sosnowiec, Poland
Paweł Dębski, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

Abstract ID: 116

Keywords: Dark Tetrad, pornography addiction, quality of life.

Recent research has increasingly focused on psychological factors underlying problematic pornography use, particularly among young adults. Traits from the Dark Tetrad of Personality—machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism—are socially undesirable and may contribute to pornography addiction and lower quality of life of an individual.
This study aimed to examine the relationships between Dark Tetrad traits, pornography addiction, and quality of life among young adults, as well as differences across sociodemographic groups.
The study involved 425 participants (mean age = 24.29 ± 3.74 years): 309 women (mean age: 24,10 ± 3,55 years), 110 men (mean age: 24,81 ± 4,17 years), and 6 individuals identifying as another gender (mean age: 24,50 ± 4,72 years).
Data were collected using a sociodemographic survey and validated psychological tools: The Dark Tetrad (SD4-PL), Brief Pornography Screen (BPS-PL), and WHOQOL-Bref. Statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, Spearman’s correlations, and the Mann–Whitney U test.
Moderate positive correlations were found between narcissism and psychological well-being. Weak positive correlations emerged between pornography use and sadism, machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Narcissism was also weakly positively correlated with physical, social, and environmental aspects of quality of life.
Furthermore, weak negative, correlations were noted between psychopathy, sadism, pornography and physical well-being, pornography and psychological well-being, sadism, pornography and social domain, psychopathy, pornography and environmental well-being.
Overall, narcissism may be positively linked to quality of life, while sadism, machiavellianism, and psychopathy appear positively related to pornography addiction. Pornography use and psychopathy may negatively affect well-being, particularly in physical and environmental domains.

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