Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions

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Contributors

  • Radosław Rogoza - , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Author)
  • Magdalena Żemojtel-Piotrowska - , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Author)
  • Peter K. Jonason - , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, University of Padua, Western Sydney University (Author)
  • Jarosław Piotrowski - , Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University (Author)
  • Keith W. Campbell - , University of Georgia (Author)
  • Jochen E. Gebauer - , University of Mannheim, University of Copenhagen (Author)
  • John Maltby - , University of Leicester (Author)
  • Constantine Sedikides - , University of Southampton (Author)
  • Mladen Adamovic - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Byron G. Adams - , Tilburg University, Ghent University, University of Johannesburg (Author)
  • Rebecca P. Ang - , Nanyang Technological University (Author)
  • Rahkman Ardi - , Universitas Airlangga (Author)
  • Kokou A. Atitsogbe - , University of Lausanne (Author)
  • Sergiu Baltatescu - , University of Oradea (Author)
  • Snežana Bilić - , International Balkan University (Author)
  • Bojana Bodroža - , University of Novi Sad (Author)
  • Joel Gruneau Brulin - , Stockholm University (Author)
  • Harshalini Yashita Bundhoo Poonoosamy - , University of Mauritius (Author)
  • Trawin Chaleeraktrakoon - , Thammasat University (Author)
  • Alejandra Del Carmen Dominguez - , Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) (Author)
  • Sonya Dragova-Koleva - , New Bulgarian University (Author)
  • Sofián El-Astal - , Al-Azhar University of Gaza (Author)
  • Walaa Labib M. Eldesoki - , Menoufia University (Author)
  • Valdiney V. Gouveia - , Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Author)
  • Katherine Gundolf - , Montpellier Business School (Author)
  • Dzintra Ilisko - , Daugavpils University (Author)
  • Tomislav Jukić - , Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek (Author)
  • Shanmukh V. Kamble - , Karnatak University (Author)
  • Narine Khachatryan - , Yerevan State University (Author)
  • Martina Klicperova-Baker - , Czech Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • Monika Kovacs - , Eotvos Lorand University (Author)
  • Inna Kozytska - , Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University (Author)
  • Aitor Larzabal Fernandez - , Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (Author)
  • Konrad Lehmann - , Chair of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience (Author)
  • Xuejun Lei - , Lingnan Normal University (Author)
  • Kadi Liik - , Tallinn University (Author)
  • Jessica McCain - , University of Georgia (Author)
  • Taciano L. Milfont - , Victoria University of Wellington (Author)
  • Andreas Nehrlich - , University of Georgia (Author)
  • Evgeny Osin - , Higher School of Economics (Author)
  • Emrah Özsoy - , Sakarya University (Author)
  • Joonha Park - , Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (Author)
  • Jano Ramos-Diaz - , Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades (Author)
  • Ognjen Riđić - , International University of Sarajevo (Author)
  • Abdul Qadir - (Author)
  • Adil Samekin - , S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University (Author)
  • Habib Tiliouine - , University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella (Author)
  • Robert Tomsik - , Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology (Author)
  • Charles S. Umeh - , University of Lagos (Author)
  • Kees van den Bos - , Utrecht University (Author)
  • Alain Van Hiel - , Ghent University (Author)
  • Christin-Melanie Vauclair - , Ghent University (Author)
  • Anna Anna Włodarczyk - , Universidad Católica del Norte (Author)

Abstract

The Dark Triad (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) has garnered intense attention over the past 15 years. We examined the structure of these traits’ measure—the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD)—in a sample of 11,488 participants from three W.E.I.R.D. (i.e., North America, Oceania, Western Europe) and five non-W.E.I.R.D. (i.e., Asia, Middle East, non-Western Europe, South America, sub-Saharan Africa) world regions. The results confirmed the measurement invariance of the DTDD across participants’ sex in all world regions, with men scoring higher than women on all traits (except for psychopathy in Asia, where the difference was not significant). We found evidence for metric (and partial scalar) measurement invariance within and between W.E.I.R.D. and non-W.E.I.R.D. world regions. The results generally support the structure of the DTDD.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1125-1135
Number of pages11
JournalAssessment
Volume28
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 32484407
ORCID /0000-0002-9375-2222/work/142255885

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Keywords

  • culture, Dark Triad, Machiavellianism, measurement, Narcissism, psychopathy

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