Development of Dark Tetrad Research Forms for the U.S. Air Force

Abstract

Two forms were developed to assess the Dark Tetrad traits. Both assess psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, and sadism as well as four Bright side facets (achievement, even tempered, selflessness, and virtue) of the Big Five personality dimensions. The versions include a traditional single statement format with a 5-point Likert response scale and a two-alternative forced-choice format with multidimensional paired statements. Software for scoring the response formats was also developed. The statements were administered to a sample of USAF Basic Recruits and MTurk workers to assess their psychometric characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 16, 2020
Accession Number
AD1119431

Entities

People

  • Bo Zhang
  • Christopher Nye
  • Fritz Drasgow
  • Lingyue Li
  • Oleksandr S. Chernyshenko
  • Stephen Stark
  • Tianjun Sun

Organizations

  • Drasgow Consulting Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Cognition
  • Crime
  • Data Sets
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Personality
  • Personality Assessment
  • Psychology
  • Quality Control
  • Reliability
  • Social Media
  • Social Psychology
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.