TY - GEN A1 - Malesza, Marta A1 - Ostaszewski, Paweł A1 - Büchner, Susanne A1 - Kaczmarek, Magdalena Claudia T1 - The adaptation of the Short Dark Triad personality measure BT - psychometric properties of a German sample T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe 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. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe - 555 KW - short dark triad KW - SD3 KW - adaptation KW - reliability KW - validity Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-432896 SN - 1866-8364 IS - 555 ER -