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The interest in research into negative personality traits – which was always a part of research into individual differences – was never a defining one for the subject and methodology of the research. However, analysis of the studies conducted over the past two decades shows that the indifferent attitude to antisocial deviations of the personality sphere is becoming a thing of the past. This largely reflects changes in perceptions of the basic personality structure that have occurred thanks to lexical studies. These studies have demonstrated that the personality trait domain is better described with the six-factor HEXACO model of personality structure and have introduced a new Honesty–Humility factor to the basic model of personality structure. Honesty–Humility is clearly linked with socially desirable behavior. Individuals with high scores in Honesty–Humility abide by moral norms regardless of the probability of punishment for violating the norms, and they are not prone to seek attention in public and become the object of praise and compliments, even if deserved. The opposite pole of the factor correlates with demonstrativeness, lack of discrimination in means, and disregard for conventional norms and for the interests of others. Our study (>1,400 respondents, aged 16–79) analyzes the role of negative personality traits in the six-factor structure of factor-level traits. The analysis focused on the correlation of factor- and facet-level traits diagnosed using the 100-item Russian HEXACO-PI-R with basic values, the Dark Triad, Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Free Will and Determinism, Social Desirability, Ambiguity Tolerance–Intolerance, Sensation Seeking, Resilience and Life Satisfaction. The results of multivariate analysis show that negative personality traits have various correlations with all factor-level traits. At the same time, Honesty–Humility and Extraversion best explain the variation in negative personality traits related to violations of moral norms; Conscientiousness is most closely related to the variation in negative personality traits linked with rigidity; and Openness to Experience, low Conscientiousness, and low Emotionality are linked in particular with variation in negative personality traits related to disinhibition. The correlation between the links is mediated by Resilience and Life Satisfaction.