Structure of Dark Triad Dirty Dozen Across Eight World Regions

Rogoza R. Żemojtel-Piotrowska M. Jonason P.K. Piotrowski J. Campbell K.W. Gebauer J.E. Maltby J. Sedikides C. Adamovic M. Adams B.G. Ang R.P. Ardi R. Atitsogbe K.A. Baltatescu S. Bilić S. Bodroža B. Gruneau Brulin J. Bundhoo Poonoosamy H.Y. Chaleeraktrakoon T. Del Carmen Dominguez A. Dragova-Koleva S. El-Astal S. Eldesoki W.L.M. Gouveia V.V. Gundolf K. Ilisko D. Jukić T. Kamble S.V. Khachatryan N. Klicperova-Baker M. Kovacs M. Kozytska I. Larzabal Fernandez A. Lehmann K. Lei X. Liik K. McCain J. Milfont T.L. Nehrlich A. Osin E. Özsoy E. Park J. Ramos-Diaz J. Riđić O. Qadir A. Samekin A. Tiliouine H. Tomsik R. Umeh C.S. van den Bos K. Van Hiel A. Vauclair C.-M. Włodarczyk A.
June 2021 SAGE Publications Inc.

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2021 #28 Issue 4 1125 - 1135 pp.

The Dark Triad (i.e., narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism) has garnered intense attention over the past 15 years. We examined the structure of these traits’ measure—the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD)—in a sample of 11,488 participants from three W.E.I.R.D. (i.e., North America, Oceania, Western Europe) and five non-W.E.I.R.D. (i.e., Asia, Middle East, non-Western Europe, South America, sub-Saharan Africa) world regions. The results confirmed the measurement invariance of the DTDD across participants’ sex in all world regions, with men scoring higher than women on all traits (except for psychopathy in Asia, where the difference was not significant). We found evidence for metric (and partial scalar) measurement invariance within and between W.E.I.R.D. and non-W.E.I.R.D. world regions. The results generally support the structure of the DTDD.

culture , Dark Triad , Machiavellianism , measurement , Narcissism , psychopathy

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Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland
University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Airlangga University, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
International Balkan University, Skopje, North Macedonia
University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
University of Mauritius, Reduit, Moka, Mauritius
Thammasat University, Pathumthani, Thailand
Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico, Maxico, Mexico
New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria
Al-Azhar University-Gaza, Gaza, Palestine
Minoufiya University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt
Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Montpelier Business School, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
Daugavpils University, Daugavpils, Latvia
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Osijek, Croatia
Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czech Republic
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kiïv, Ukraine
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ambato, Ecuador
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany
Zhanjiang Normal University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
Tallinn University, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation
Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
NUCB Business School, Nagoya, Japan
Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades, Lima, Peru
International University of Sarajevo (IUS), Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Independent researcher, Isalamabad, Pakistan
S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
University of Oran, Oran, Algeria
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology, Nitra, Slovakia
University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, (ISCTE-IUL), CIS-IUL, Lisboa, Portugal
Universidad Catolica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University
University of Padua
Western Sydney University
University of Georgia
University of Mannheim
University of Copenhagen
University of Leicester
University of Southampton
University of Melbourne
Tilburg University
National Institute of Education
Airlangga University
University of Lausanne
University of Oradea
International Balkan University
University of Novi Sad
Stockholm University
University of Mauritius
Thammasat University
Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de Mexico
New Bulgarian University
Al-Azhar University-Gaza
Minoufiya University
Federal University of Paraiba
Montpelier Business School
Daugavpils University
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University
Karnatak University
Yerevan State University
Czech Academy of Sciences
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Technische Universität Dresden
Zhanjiang Normal University
Tallinn University
Victoria University of Wellington
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Sakarya University
NUCB Business School
Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades
International University of Sarajevo (IUS)
Independent researcher
S. Toraighyrov Pavlodar State University
University of Oran
Research Institute for Child Psychology and Pathopsychology
University of Lagos
Utrecht University
Ghent University
Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
Universidad Catolica del Norte
Ghent University
University of Johannesburg

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