Folio Surveyor · preview
Short Dark Triad (SD3), ready to run
A 27-item measure of the three dark personality traits: Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. Nine items per trait. Designed as a brief alternative to full-length Mach-IV, NPI-40, and SRP scales.
27 items · 3 sections · 5-point Likert scale
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Item wording for the SD3 is available inside Folio Surveyor, subject to the instrument's licensing. The structure below (its sections, items and response scale) is what gets built for you.
The instrument
- Machiavellianism · 9 items
- Narcissism · 9 items
- Psychopathy · 9 items
Reverse-scored: items 11, 15, 17, 20 and 25. Surveyor scores them for you.
Each item is answered on this scale:
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