IRT Analyses of the Swedish Dark Triad Dirty Dozen

We applied Item Response Theory to the Swedish Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (N = 570). Contrary to findings on the English version, narcissism provided most information, followed by psychopathy, then Machiavellianism. Psychopathy items required higher latent trait levels for endorsement, possibly reflecting Swedish cultural conditions.

March 2018 · Danilo Garcia, Björn N. Persson, Ali Al Nima, Joel Gruneau Brulin, Max Rapp-Ricciardi, Petri J. Kajonius
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