The dark tetrad
Psychologists have found a link between a troll's behavior and a few personality traits:
- Sadism: obtaining pleasure from another’s distress.
- Psychopathy: being unable of empathy and regret.
- Machiavellianism: manipulative behavior
- Narcissism: the need for admiration.
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