dark triad personality and wisdom in prediction of students' academic self-efficacy

Introduction: a number of studies have argued that students' 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. methods: 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: 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. conclusion: 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.