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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Elemental Psychopathy Assessment.

EPA

What it measures
Psychopathy anchored in the FFM; 18 subscales (e.g. Anger, Arrogance, Callousness, Coldness, Manipulation, Thrill-Seeking, Self-Centeredness, Urgency) yielding a total score
Length and format
178 (full); 72 (EPA-SF); ~18 (super-short). 5-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several: IT, ES, etc. (English original; FFM-based adaptations).
Normative data
No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
Licence
copyrighted - author permission

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Reference
Lynam, D. R., et al. (2011). Assessing the basic traits associated with psychopathy: Development and validation of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment. Psychological Assessment, 23(1), 108-124.

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