Dark Triad Personality and Wisdom in Prediction of Student's Academic Self-Efficacy

A number of studies have argued that student's academic self-efficacy is affected by various factors. This study investigates the role of the dark triad personality and wisdom on the Iranian students’ academic self-efficacy.
In this correlational study, 177 (84 female and 93 male) students of the University of Isfahan aged 18-54 years old (M = 23.1, SD = 4.9) were selected. Total academic mean range of the participants was 10 to 20 (M = 16.4, SD = 1.6). Participants completed the College Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, The Dark Triad Dirty Dozen, and Three-dimensional wisdom scales.
Results showed that there was a negative relationship between the variables of Machiavellianism and psychopathy and academic self-efficacy; inversely, there was a positive relationship between variables of cognitive and reflective wisdom and academic self-efficacy. Reflective wisdom, narcissism, and Machiavellianism predicted 0.17% of the self-efficacy.
The results of the present study supported the importance of the dark triad personality and wisdom, as the variables, which were able to predict the academic self-efficacy of the students.