Impulsivity, psychopathy, and the dark triad: a Czech validation of the dirty dozen scale

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15260/25:73634268

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-03371-y" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40359-025-03371-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Impulsivity, psychopathy, and the dark triad: a Czech validation of the dirty dozen scale

Original language description

The dark triad concept suggests dark personality traits share a common core. Having reliable measurement tools is essential to test this claim. Concerns exist about the widely used Dark Triad Dirty Dozen (DTDD) tool, specifically regarding its ability to fully assess psychopathy. This study aims to adapt the DTDD for a Czech population and to enhance the psychopathy subscale by adding items. Examining the scale’s functioning in different linguistic and cultural contexts is crucial for ensuring its validity beyond the populations in which it was originally developed, and the Czech sample provides an opportunity to assess the stability of the DTDD in a less frequently studied setting. This study (n = 6715, Mean Age = 36.14, SD = 14.72, Females: 65.5%) collected data from four online surveys in a Czech population. In addition to socio-demographic characteristics, we measured empathy, the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy), self-esteem, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Neuroticism. Results supported the original 12-item DTDD’s three-factor structure (CFI = 0.942; TLI = 0.925; RMSEA = 0.062; SRMR = 0.055), showing good internal consistency for the general Dark Triad factor (Cronbach’s α = 0.85 and McDonald’s ω = 0.89). A 14-item DTDD version with additional items demonstrated slightly lower fit (CFI = 0.93; TLI = 0.912; RMSEA = 0.063; SRMR = 0.062) and comparable internal consistency to the 12-item version. The 12-item version was invariant between genders, with males scoring higher. Narcissism correlated negatively with Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and self-esteem, and positively with Neuroticism. Machiavellianism and psychopathy were negatively associated with empathy, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness, and positively with Neuroticism. This research confirms the 12-item DTDD scale’s validity in the Czech population.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Psychology

ISSN

2050-7283

e-ISSN

2050-7283

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

"Article number: 1170"

UT code for WoS article

001600269200002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105019494229