Short Dark Triad.

SD3

What it measures

Dark Triad: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy (9 items each)

Length and format

27 items. 5-pt Likert (agreement) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

25+ langs incl. DE, IT, ES, PT, RU, TR, RS (Serbian), ZH, PL, JP, FR; broad cross-cultural use.

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A brief measure of dark personality traits. Assessment, 21(1), 28-41.