{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: The dark triad, performance avoidance, and academic cheating. {Author}: He Q;Zheng Y;Yu Y;Zhang J; {Journal}: Psych J {Volume}: 12 {Issue}: 3 {Year}: Jun 2023 5 {Factor}: 1.559 {DOI}: 10.1002/pchj.632 {Abstract}: 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.