Eine Studie ergab, dass Goldgräber stark mit Psychopathie und dunklen Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen verbunden sind. Menschen, die sich auf dieses Verhalten einlassen, opfern aktiv emotionale Intimität, um finanzielle Ressourcen von ihren Partnern zu erpressen.

Gold digging is strongly linked to psychopathy and dark personality traits, study finds

A recent psychological study suggests that gold digging is not merely a gender-based stereotype, but rather a calculated social strategy linked to traits like psychopathy and narcissism. The findings provide evidence that people who engage in this behavior actively sacrifice emotional intimacy to extract financial resources from their partners. This research was published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

For those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886926001819

A bit of a fun quote I wanted to pull out:

>“Some results were so clear or expected to theory, that as a psychologist this is a surprise within the discipline,” Freyth noted. “For instance, the link to psychopathy – there was no noise in the data on this.”

I’m really curious about the other side, though. I wonder if the other partner with the wealth views relationships in the same transactional way?