The light triad scale represents an important concept in positive psychology, complementary to the better-known dark triad of personality.
The idea was first suggested by Laura Johnson in her 2018 masters thesis.
[1] It comprises three personality traits that tend to manifest together and promote both individual and collective well-being:[2] Interestingly, these three traits are mutually reinforcing: the Kantian view of human dignity supports trust in people, which in turn fuels belief in human potential.
Together, they create a prosocial orientation that leads to constructive and cooperative behavior.
However researchers found that the two were only moderately anticorrelated at −0.48, showing that they are not merely opposites.