Short Dark Triad (SD3)

sd3()

Personality and Traits
Narcissism
A short scale measuring the Dark Triad of personality – machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.

Module

velesresearch.questionnaires.sd3

Import

from velesresearch.questionnaires.sd3 import sd3

Original

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191113514105

Score calculation

A simple sum.

Reverse items

11, 15, 17, 20, 25

Subscales

  1. Machiavellianism: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  2. Narcissism: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
  3. Psychopathy: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Reliability

  1. Machiavellianism: α = .77
  2. Narcissism: α = .71
  3. Psychopathy: α = .8

Implemented by

Jakub Jędrusiak (University of Wrocław)

Args

name : str
Base name for pages and questions. Defaults to “sd3”.

instruction : str
Instruction for the questionnaire. None means that the default instruction will be used.

questionOptions : dict | None
Additional options for questions as a dictionary. Defaults to None.

pageOptions : dict | None
Additional options for pages as a dictionary. Defaults to None.

Returns

PageModel
PageModel with the SD3 questionnaire. Use the * operator to unpack it to questions.