Putting the " IRT" in " Dirty": Item response theory analyses of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen-An efficient measure of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 302-306

  Webster, Gregory D ^a   Jonason, Peter K ^b  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Item response theory; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868596082     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.08.027     Document Type: Article

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