Delroy L. Paulhus

Delroy L. Paulhus is a personality psychology researcher and professor. He received his doctorate from Columbia University and has worked at the University of California, Berkley and the University of California, Davis. Currently, Paulhus is a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses.

Research

Since 1983 he has published an impressive 82 research articles on a variety of domains such as response styles, self-enhancement, the over-claiming technique, dark personalities, intelligence, social cognition, shyness, person perception, culture, perceived control, interpersonal capabilities and flexibility, educational psychology, psychological defense, birth order, interpersonal circumplex, and free will. Such constructs can be assorted into more overarching categories of altruism, the over-claiming technique, self-enhancement, socially desirable responding, intelligence, educational psychology, and the Dark Triad.

The Dark Triad

Paulhus coined the term “Dark Triad” in referring to the three dark personality disorders of Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. Paulhus and Williams (2002)^[1] examined the similarities and differences between the three personality constructs. Paulhus has conducted an abundance of research on psychopathy, studying its relationship to impulsivity, aggression, body modification, sexual deviant behavior, scholastic cheating, and the personality of stalkers.

Developed Scales

Some of Paulhus’s developed scales are the Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR-6), the UBC Word Test, the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale (SRP-III), and the Over-Claiming Technique (OCT).

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