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Dark Triad Scale

The Dark Triad Personality Scale measures three socially aversive personality traits: narcissism (entitlement and exploitativeness), Machiavellianism (manipulativeness and strategic lying), and psychopathy (callousness and thrill-seeking). Developed by Delroy Paulhus and Kevin Williams in 2002, and later operationalized in brief forms like the Short Dark Triad (SD3) by Jones and Paulhus in 2014, the Dark Triad construct has become standard in personality psychology for assessing antagonistic, self-centered, and deceitful traits. The scale enables research on personality pathology, workplace toxicity, and evolutionary psychology.

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Dark Triad Personality Scale (DTPS)
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  • Paulhus, D. L., & Williams, K. M. (2002). The Dark Triad of personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. Journal of Research in Personality, 36(6), 556–563. · DOI 10.1016/S0092-6566(02)00505-6
  • Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the Short Dark Triad (SD3): A brief measure of dark personality traits. PLOS ONE, 9(8), e106350. · DOI 10.1177/1073191113514105
  • Jonason, P. K., Li, N. P., Webster, G. D., & Schmitt, D. P. (2009). The Dark Triad: Facilitating a short-term mating strategy in humans. European Journal of Personality, 23(1), 5–25. · DOI 10.1002/per.698
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Taxonomic bucketBig Five Inventorymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketNEO Personality Inventory — Revisedmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyRosenberg Self-Esteem Scalemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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