The adaptation of the Short Dark Triad personality measure
- 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.
Author details: | Marta MaleszaORCiD, Paweł OstaszewskiORCiD, Susanne BüchnerGND, Magdalena C. KaczmarekGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-017-9662-0 |
ISSN: | 1046-1310 |
ISSN: | 1936-4733 |
Title of parent work (English): | Current psychology |
Subtitle (English): | psychometric properties of a German sample |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publishing: | New York |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2019/06/15 |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Release date: | 2021/02/04 |
Tag: | Adaptation; Reliability; SD3; Short dark triad; Validity |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 3 |
Number of pages: | 10 |
First page: | 855 |
Last Page: | 864 |
Funding institution: | German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
External remark: | Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 555 |