A test of two brief measures of the dark triad: The dirty dozen and short dark triad

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 326-331

  Maples, Jessica L ^a   Lamkin, Joanna ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Psychopathy; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIRTY DOZEN; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT DARK TRIAD; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896731159     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035084     Document Type: Article

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