The Short Dark Triad (SD3): Adaptation and Psychometrics among At-Risk Male and Female Youths

The dark triad is a term used to describe a constellation of three socially harmful personality traits: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. The main aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Short Dark Triad (SD3) scale, a brief measure of the dark triad,...

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Published in:Deviant behavior 2019-03, Vol.40 (3), p.273-286
Main Authors: Pechorro, Pedro, Caramelo, Vanessa, Oliveira, João Pedro, Nunes, Cristina, Curtis, Shelby R., Jones, Daniel N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antisocial personality disorder
At risk populations
Confirmatory factor analysis
Discriminant analysis
Females
Indexes
Males
Measures
Narcissism
Personality traits
Psychopathology
Quantitative analysis
Quantitative psychology
Risk factors
Validity
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Summary:The dark triad is a term used to describe a constellation of three socially harmful personality traits: Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism. The main aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Short Dark Triad (SD3) scale, a brief measure of the dark triad, among a sample (N = 412) of male (n = 200) and female (n = 212) at-risk Portuguese youths. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed the three-factor structure of the SD3 obtained an adequate fit, and measurement invariance across gender was demonstrated, although two items per dimension had to be removed. The Portuguese version of the SD3 scale demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties, specifically the properties of internal consistency, convergent validity, discriminant validity, and known-groups validity, which overall justifies its use among this population. Findings are discussed in terms of the use of the SD3 scale with male and female at-risk youths.
ISSN:0163-9625
1521-0456
DOI:10.1080/01639625.2017.1421120