Psychometric properties of a scale to measure the dark side of personality
Keywords:
Antisocial personality disorder, Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychometrics, Statistical validityAbstract
The psychometric characteristics of the Dark Triad Scale in an Argentinian context are presented. Two successive studies were carried out. Three hundred sixteen people, with an average age of 34.48 years (SD = 10.57), participated in Study 1. An exploratory factor analysis indicated a three-factor structure with suitable internal consistency (Machiavellianism: α = 0.92; narcissism: α = 0.91, and psychopathy: α = 0.89). Two hundred seventy-fi ve people, with an average age of 32 years (SD = 8.10), participated in Study 2. A confi rmatory factor analysis corroborated the three-factor structure. The three factors reached Satisfactory Composite Reliability (greater than 0.70) and adequate Convergent-Discriminant Validity (Average Variance Extrated greater than 0.50). The invariance of the scale’s parameters was demonstrated by sex. The results indicate that the Argentinian version of the Dark Triad Scale measures the dark side of personality with appropriate validity and reliability, both in men and women.
Downloads
References
Ato, M., López, J., & Benavente, A. (2013). Un sistema de clasificación de los diseños de investigación em psicología. Anales de Psicología, 29(3), 1038-1059. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesps.29.3.178511
Baglin, J. (2014). Improving your exploratory fator analysis for ordinal data: A demonstration using FACTOR. Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation, 19(5), 2-15. Retrieved March 21, 2015, from http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=19&n=5
Bentler, P. (2006). EQS 6 structural equations program manual. Los Angeles: Multivariate Software.
Christie, R., & Geis, F. L. (1970). Studies in machiavellianism. New York: Academic Press.
Furnham, A., Richards, S. C., & Paulhus, D. L. (2013). The dark triad of personality: A 10 year review. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(3), 199-216. Retrieved September 12, 2014, from http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~dpaulhus/research/DARK_TRIAD/ARTICLES/SPC%202013.Furnham-Richards-Paulhus.pdf
Gadermann, A. M., Guhn, M., & Zumbo, D. (2012). Estimating ordinal reliability for Likert-tipe and ordinal item response data. Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation, 17(3), 1-13. Retrieved February 9, 2013 from http://pareonline.net/pdf/v17n3.pdf
Hair, J. E., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., Anderson, R. E., & Tatham R. L. (2010). Multivariate data analysis (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River: Pearson-Prentice Hall
Hare, R. D. (1985). Comparison of procedures for the assessment of psychopathy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53(1), 7-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.53.1.7
Hudek-Knežević, J., Kardum, I., & Mehić, N. (2016). Dark triad traits and health outcomes: An exploratory
study. Psychological Topics 25(1), 129-156. Retrieved June 16, 2016, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301619172_Dark_triad_traits_and_health_outcomes_An_exploratory_study
Jones, D. N., & Figueredo, A. J. (2013). The core of darkness: Uncovering the heart of the Dark Triad. European Journal of Personality, 27(6), 521-531.http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/per.1893
Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A brief measure of Dark
Personality traits. Assessment, 21(1), 28-41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107319111351410
Linstead, S., Maréchal, M., & Griffin, R. W. (2014). Theorizing and researching the dark side of organization. Organization Studies, 35(2), 165-188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0170840613515402
Lloret-Segura, S., Ferreres, A., Hernández, A., & Tomás, I. (2014). El análisis factorial exploratorio de los
ítems: una guía práctica, revisada y actualizada. Anales de Psicología, 30(3), 1151-1169. http://dx.doi.org/10.6018/analesp s.30.3.199361
Maples, J. L., Lamkin, J., & Miller, J. D. (2014). A test of two brief measures of the dark triad: The Dirty Dozen and Short Dark Triad. Psychological Assessment, 26(1), 326-331. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0035084
Marcus, D. K., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2016). Understanding the dark side of personality: Reflections and future directions. In V. Zeigler-Hill, & D. K. Marcus (Eds.), Thedark side of personality: Science and practice in social, personality, and clinical psychology (pp.363-374). American Psychological Association.
Muñiz, J., Elosua, P., & Hambleton, R. K. (2013). Directrices para la traducción y adaptación de los tests: segunda edición. Psicothema, 25(2), 151-157. http://dx.doi.org/10.7334/psicothema2013.24
Palaiou, A., Zarola, P., & Furnham, A. (2016). The dark side of personality predicts positive and negative work attitudes. Personality and Individual Differences, 88, 12-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.08.029
Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Toward a taxonomy of dark personalities. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 23(6), 421-426. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963721414547737
Raskin, R., & Hall, C. S. (1979). A narcissistic personality inventory. Psychological Reports, 45(2), 590-605 http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1979.45.2.590
Ronchetti, R., Gauer, G., Vasconcellos, S., Silva, L., Luhring, G., & Rubin, A. (2014). Psychopathic traits in adolescence: A review. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 31(2), 237-246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0103-166X201400020 0009
Satorra, A. (2002). Asymptotic robustness in multiple group linear-latent variable models. Econometric Theory, 18, 297-312. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017.S0266466602182041
Southard, A. C., Noser, A. E., Pollock, N. C., Mercer, S. H., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2015). The interpersonal nature of dark personality features. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 34(7), 555-586. http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2015.34.7.555
Spain, S. M., Harms, P., & Lebreton, J. M. (2013). The darkside of personality at work. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 35(2), 41-60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/job.1894
Stead, R., & Fekken, G. C. (2014). Agreeableness at the core of the dark triad of personality. Individual Differences Research, 12(4), 131-141. Retrieved August 20, 2015, from http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=939a4617-80da-49d8-ab97-541ce9522e0c%40sessionmgr102&vid=0&hid=113
Zinbarg, R. E., Yovel, I., Revelle, W., & McDonald, R. P. (2006). Estimating generalizability to a latent variable common to all of a scale’s indicators: Acomparison of estimators for omega hierarchical. Applied Psychological Measurement, 30(2), 121-144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146621605278814
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Solana SALESSI, Alicia OMAR
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
