DARK TETRAD AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS’ METHOD CHOICE (QUALITATIVE VS. QUANTITATIVE): MEDIATING ROLE OF POPULISM, POSITIVISM AND NEED FOR DOMINANCE

This study investigates the effect of Dark Tetrad (DT: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, sadism) on the Method Choice (MC) of social scientists (qualitative vs. quantitative) through science-related attitudes (positivism and populism) and motivation of being dominant to participants (ND: need for dominance).