摘要：The Dark Triad of personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy) are factors of interest in sports psychology research through the influences they can exert on the behavior of athletes. This study analyzes the relationship between the Dark Triad of personality and aggression among sports students. The study was attended by 168 students enrolled at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in Craiova, aged between 18 and 30 years, M = 21.52, SD = 2.20, of which 74 are males and 94 females, 100 practicing individual sports and 68 practicing team sports. The instruments used wereThe Dirty Dozen: A Concise Measure of the Dark Triadand Aggression Questionnaire. The results showed that there were gender differences in the types of aggression, so that women had higher scores than men in verbal aggression, anger and hostility, but not in physical aggression. The Dark Triad of personality traits has been shown to be significant predictors of all types of aggression (physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger and hostility). Simultaneously, the moderating role of gender, age and type of sport practiced in the relationship between accentuated personality traits and aggression was analyzed. It was observed that gender does not moderate this relationship, the type of sportpracticed moderate the relationship between accentuated personality traits and physical aggression, and age moderates the relationship between accentuated personality traits and verbal aggression. Based on these results, psycho-educational programs can be developed to temper the aggression of sports students and to be part of the academic curriculum or specialized training programs. In this way, the foundations can be laid for a harmonious construction not only physically, but also mentally of the Romanian athletes.
