A brief measure of dark personality traits (SD3)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
Apart from the many normal personality traits, some traits are unpleasant for others. There are three overlapping types of dark personality traits known as the dark triad . The triad (i.e., group of three) consists of machivellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism.
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Notes
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Source & citation
Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A brief measure of dark personality traits. Assessment, 21, 28-41. | Website with original scale in Word format. Click here to download .
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