Тъмната триада-кратка версия: нови данни за валидност и инвариантност на факторната структура по пол в юношеска възраст
Short Dark Triad: new validity data and factor structure invariance by gender in adolescent sample

Summary/Abstract: The current paper presents new data regarding validity and invariance of factor structure by sex of Bulgarian version for adolescence of Short Dark Triad (SD3, Jones & Paulhus, 2014; Koleva, 2017), constructed to assess three socially aversive personal traits – Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Four problems are to be empirically tested: (1) Effects of SD3 on Empathic concern (Interpersonal Reactivity Index, IRI, Davis, 1983; Kalchev, 2010) and externalized problems (Externalized Problems Inventory, Kalchev, 2010, measuring low behavioral self-control and norm-violating behavior); (2) Assessment of factor structure of Dark Triad in a new, independent sample (N=680); (3) Testing the factor invariance of SD3 by gender on a cumulative sample (N=1562); (4) Testing of a hierarchical model of Dark Triad (second order and bifactor model), i.e. a definition of a “Dark personality“, which can explain the covariance of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Gender and class differences in SD3 are also discussed. Results obtained confirm good psychometric characteristics of SD3 as a potentially useful and applicable instrument.

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