A latent core of dark traits explains individual differences in peacekeepers’ unethical attitudes and conduct

Figures & data

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of individual differences and ethics variables.

	Baseline (N = 175)		Sub-sample (N = 63)
Variable	M	SD	M	SD
Machiavellianism	25.28	5.93	24.69	6.15
Narcissism	10.15	2.62	9.48	2.58
Psychopathy	20.10	4.65	18.39	4.03
SDO-dominance	25.32	9.06	24.47	8.46
RWA	59.12	9.96	57.06	9.90
Warzone ethics	10.18	3.22	9.66	3.51
Unethical organizational behavior	1.68	0.87	1.57	0.84
Unethical warzone behavior	-	-	1.37	0.91

Table 2. Bivariate correlations between the individual difference factors and ethics.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Machiavellianism	-	.32***	.50***	.41***	.27***	.30***	.32***
2. Narcissism	.24	-	.41***	.14	.07	.14	.22*
3. Psychopathy	.37**	.32**	-	.34***	.31***	.32***	.46***
4. SDO-dominance	.42**	−.04	.24	-	.46***	.47***	.24**
5. RWA	.17	−.14	.21	.45***	-	.44***	.22**
6. Warzone ethics	.32**	.03	.16	.32*	.41**	-	.24**
7. Unethical Organizational behavior	.53***	.08	.41**	.19	.08	.20	-
8. Unethical Warzone behavior (N = 63)	.20	.05	.42**	.30*	.16	.15	.20

*** p < .001, ** p < .01,* p < .05. The lower part presents the sub-sample, i.e. the participants in the prospective part of the study.

Table 3. Model statistics for the measurement models.

Latent variable	χ^2	df	p	CFI	RMSEA	SRMR	Mean z coeff (SD z coeff)
DF	27.11	5	<.001	0.86	.16	.06	.57 (.13)
DF with SDO-D/RWA	9.41	4	>.05	0.97	.09	.04	.56 (.16)
Warzone ethics	61.41	5	<.001	0.90	.25	.06	.66 (.15)
Warzone with ethics item3/item4	4.86	4	>.05	1.0	.04	.02	.60 (.13)
Organizational ethics	113.06	20	<.001	0.94	.16	.06	.70 (.08)
Organizational with ethics item1/item3	73.78	19	<.001	0.96	.13	.04	.69 (.10)

DF = common core of darkness, SDO/RWA = added error correlation between SDO and RWA.

Table 4. Standardized loadings of the measurement models.

Latent variable	DF	DF with SDO/RWA	DF Rel	DF Rel with SDO/RWA
Narcissism	.44	.48	.58	.63
Psychopathy	.71	.75	.79	.83
Machiavellianism	.70	.70	.86	.86
SDO	.56	.49	.67	.58
RWA	.45	.37	.56	.46

DF = common core of darkness, DF Rel = model with coefficients controlled for unreliability, SDO/RWA = added error correlation between SDO and RWA.

Figure 1. The final structural model. narc = Narcissism, mach = Machiavellianism, psych = Psychopathy, DF = common core of darkness, WZE = war zone ethics, OE = organizational ethics.