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To be or not to be? Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad profiles

The aim of this study is to explore possibility of latent profiles based on Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad traits. On a sample of 612 participants from general population, Short Dark Triad – SD3, Dark Triad Dirty Dozen – DTDD, Short Sadistic Impulse Scale - SSIS and Comprehensive Assessment of Sadistic Tendencies – CAST were used. Results of latent profile analysis (LPA) showed that based on SD3 and DTDD scores, separately, could not be extracted as distinct profiles, instead, dimensional approach is recommended. However, when sadism is included in LPA, typological approach seems appropriate. Moreover, when SSIS is included, results showed extraction of low and high Dark Tetrad traits, meaning that differences between profiles are only quantitative. However, when CAST is included, four profiles could be extracted: low and high Dark Tetrad, low Psychopathy-Sadism and high Psychopathy-Sadism profile. Results showed that sadism produced dark traits profiles, depending of measure of sadism.

Dark Triad ; Dark Tetrad ; Latent profile analysis ; SSIS ; CAST

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