According to recent studies, signatures can be a tell-tale sign of a person’s darker traits, revealing if they are authoritative and exploitative. 

 

根据最近的研究，签名或是揭露人是否有权威感和特权感等腹黑个性的标志。

 

In addition, researchers have found that a large signature is linked to those who enjoy being the center of attention - and for women especially, this writing style was tied to narcissism. 

 

A study analyzing the signatures of 500 chief financial officers found that signature size is linked only to the dark elements of narcissism, according to PsyBlog. 

 

Positive traits associated with narcissism, such as self-confidence, were not found to be related. 

 

Instead, they noted a relationship between signature size, authoritativeness and exploitativeness. 

 

And, CFOs with the largest signatures were more likely lie about the company’s earnings or relax internal controls.