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Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution
by Nikolaos Vasileios Oikonomou*1
, Ioannis Palaiokrassas2, Dimitrios Vasileios Oikonomou3, Sofia Panagiota Chaliasou4 and Nikolaos Rigas5
, Ioannis Palaiokrassas2, Dimitrios Vasileios Oikonomou3, Sofia Panagiota Chaliasou4 and Nikolaos Rigas51 Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Ioannina, Arta, 47150, Greece
2 Department of Computer Science Engineering, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
3 Department of Management Science & Technology, University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, 50100, Greece
4 Department of Informatics, Hellenic Open University, Patras, 26335, Greece
5 Department of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patras, 26335, Greece
*whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: haikos13@gmail.com
Received: 29 October 2025, Revised: 25 December 2025, Accepted: 31 December 2025, Published Online: 16 January 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue on Special Issue on Multidisciplinary Sciences and Advanced Technology (SI-MSAT 2025) and the Section Artificial Intelligence – Computer Science (AIC))
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Oikonomou, N. V. , Palaiokrassas, I. , Oikonomou, D. V. , Chaliasou, S. P. and Rigas, N. (2026). Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 5(1), 46–65. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0501005
Oikonomou, N. V. , Palaiokrassas, I. , Oikonomou, D. V. , Chaliasou, S. P. and Rigas, N. (2026). Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution. Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, 5(1), 46–65. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0501005
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Nikolaos Vasileios Oikonomou, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Dimitrios Vasileios Oikonomou, Sofia Panagiota Chaliasou and Nikolaos Rigas. "Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution." Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 5, no. 1 (January 2026): 46–65. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0501005
Nikolaos Vasileios Oikonomou, Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Dimitrios Vasileios Oikonomou, Sofia Panagiota Chaliasou and Nikolaos Rigas. "Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution." Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences 5, no. 1 (January 2026): 46–65. https://doi.org/10.55708/js0501005
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N.V. Oikonomou, I. Palaiokrassas, D.V. Oikonomou, S.P. Chaliasou and N. Rigas, "Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution," Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 46–65, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.55708/js0501005.
N.V. Oikonomou, I. Palaiokrassas, D.V. Oikonomou, S.P. Chaliasou and N. Rigas, "Demographic Stereotype Elicitation in LLMs through Personality and Dark Triad Trait Attribution," Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 46–65, Jan. 2026, doi: 10.55708/js0501005.
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