The Dark Triad: Specific or general sources of variance? A bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling approach
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Recent bi-factorial modeling approaches suggest that the common core of dark traits might not depend on the individual DT traits but can be seen as a separate global construct.
“recent bi-factorial modeling approaches suggest that the common core of dark traits might not depend on the individual DT traits but can be seen as a separate global construct (56, 57)”
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- Authors
- McLarnon, M. J. W., & Tarraf, R. C.
- Affiliations
- Oakland University (US)
- Western University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- McLarnon, Matthew J.W.
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-07
- Volume
- 112
- Pages
- 67-73
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2591731482
- Cited by
- 61
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 8.14
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- Dark Triad, Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, bifactor exploratory structural equation modeling, factor structure, criterion validity, personality assessment
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