ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Principal Components Analysis of the Short Dark Triad
- Mary Jobe
Christopher Newport University - Sherman Lee
Christopher Newport University - Amanda Mathis
Christopher Newport University - Lauren Davis
Christopher Newport University - Noah Guion
Christopher Newport University
Abstract
Jones and Paulus’ Short Dark Triad Scale (SD3) has better reliability and shows stronger correlations to the Dark Triad traits than shorter scales (2014). Contrary to previous research, the SD3 contains more than one component per trait. We identified the top three items per trait to create a shorter scale.
Personality