Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A Brief Measure of Dark Personality Traits

Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 28-41

  Jones, Daniel N ^a   Paulhus, Delroy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; narcissism; psychopathy; subclinical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; DARK TRIAD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPATHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; SUBCLINICAL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

DARK TRIAD; MACHIAVELLIANISM; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOPATHY; SUBCLINICAL;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHARACTER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897633852     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191113514105     Document Type: Article

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