Artigo Revisado por pares

Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3)

2013; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/1073191113514105

ISSN

1552-3489

Autores

Daniel N. Jones, Delroy L. Paulhus,

Tópico(s)

Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending

Resumo

Three socially aversive traits—Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy—have been studied as an overlapping constellation known as the Dark Triad. Here, we develop and validate the Short Dark Triad (SD3), a brief proxy measure. Four studies (total N = 1,063) examined the structure, reliability, and validity of the subscales in both community and student samples. In Studies 1 and 2, structural analyses yielded three factors with the final 27 items loading appropriately on their respective factors. Study 3 confirmed that the resulting SD3 subscales map well onto the longer standard measures. Study 4 validated the SD3 subscales against informant ratings. Together, these studies indicate that the SD3 provides efficient, reliable, and valid measures of the Dark Triad of personalities.

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