TY  - JOUR
A1  - Koelman, Liselot A.
A1  - Pivovarova-Ramich, Olga
A1  - Pfeiffer, Andreas F. H.
A1  - Grune, Tilman
A1  - Aleksandrova, Krasimira
T1  - Cytokines for evaluation of chronic inflammatory status in ageing research
BT  - reliability and phenotypic characterisation
JF  - Immunity & Ageing
N2  - Background: There is a growing interest in the role of inflammageing for chronic disease development. Cytokines are potent soluble immune mediators that can be used as target biomarkers of inflammageing; however, their measurement in human samples has been challenging. This study aimed to assess the reliability of a pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine panel in a sample of healthy people measured with a novel electrochemiluminescent multiplex immunoassay platform (Meso Scale Discovery, MSD), and to characterize their associations with metabolic and inflammatory phenotypes.
KW  - Reliability
KW  - Cytokines
KW  - Multiplex platforms
KW  - Inflammaging
KW  - Biomarkers
KW  - Ageing
KW  - BMI
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12979-019-0151-1
SN  - 1742-4933
VL  - 16
PB  - BMC
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Malesza, Marta
A1  - Ostaszewski, Paweł
A1  - Büchner, Susanne
A1  - Kaczmarek, Magdalena C.
T1  - The adaptation of the Short Dark Triad personality measure
BT  - psychometric properties of a German sample
JF  - Current psychology
N2  - This research was designed to adapt and investigate the psychometric properties of the Short Dark Triad measure (Jones and Paulhus Assessment, 21(1), 28-41, 2014) in a German sample within four studies (total N=1463); the measure evaluates three personality dimensions: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. The structure of the instrument was analysed by Confirmatory Factor Analyses procedure. It indicated that the three-factor structure had the best fit to the data. Next, the Short Dark Triad measure was evaluated in terms of construct, convergent and discriminant validity, internal consistency ( .72), and test-retest reliability during a 4-week period ( .73). Concurrent validity of the SD3 was supported by relating its subscales to measures of the Big Five concept, aggression, and self-esteem. We concluded that the Short Dark Triad instrument presented high cross-language replicability. The use of this short inventory in the investigation of the Dark Triad personality model in the German language context is suggested.
KW  - Short dark triad
KW  - SD3
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Reliability
KW  - Validity
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9662-0
SN  - 1046-1310
SN  - 1936-4733
VL  - 38
IS  - 3
SP  - 855
EP  - 864
PB  - Springer
CY  - New York
ER  -