%0 Journal Article %T The dark triad, performance avoidance, and academic cheating. %A He Q %A Zheng Y %A Yu Y %A Zhang J %J Psych J %V 12 %N 3 %D Jun 2023 5 %M 36740458 %F 1.559 %R 10.1002/pchj.632 %X This study found that: (1) performance avoidance played a partial mediating role between college students' psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and academic cheating, respectively; and (2) performance avoidance showed a full mediating role between college students' narcissism and academic cheating.