Glenn Andrea L, Sellbom Martin
1 Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems, Department of Psychology, University of Alabama.
2 Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University, Canberra.
J Pers Disord. 2015 Jun;29(3):360-77. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2014_28_162. Epub 2014 Sep 23.
Psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism are three constructs that have been collectively referred to as the "Dark Triad." Although researchers were initially interested in comparing similarities and differences between these constructs, in recent years researchers have combined items from the measures to create an overall measure of the Dark Triad as a single construct. The authors raise theoretical concerns regarding this approach, arguing that Machiavellianism and narcissism can be viewed as features or traits of psychopathy. They also provide empirical evidence from a large, correctional sample (N = 972) to demonstrate that a latent Dark Triad could not be estimated using confirmatory factor analysis because more than 100% of the variance was attributed to psychopathy. Moreover, the Dark Triad traits, by and large, did not confer incremental validity above and beyond psychopathy, and none of the interaction models indicated that additional information would be gained from considering the Dark Triad traits in constellation.
心理变态、马基雅维利主义和自恋是三种被统称为“黑暗三联征”的人格特质。尽管研究人员最初感兴趣的是比较这些特质之间的异同，但近年来，研究人员将这些量表中的项目结合起来，以创建一个作为单一结构的黑暗三联征综合测量指标。作者对这种方法提出了理论上的担忧，认为马基雅维利主义和自恋可被视为心理变态的特征或特质。他们还从一个大型惩教样本（N = 972）中提供了实证证据，以证明无法使用验证性因素分析来估计潜在的黑暗三联征，因为超过100%的方差归因于心理变态。此外，总体而言，黑暗三联征特质并没有在心理变态之外赋予额外的效度，并且没有一个交互模型表明考虑黑暗三联征特质组合会获得额外信息。
