A Psychometric Properties Testing Using Network Analysis of the 27-item Thai Short Dark Triad Questionnaire (SD3-TH)
Keywords:
Dark Personality Traits Measurement, Short Dark Triad: SD3-TH, Psychometric Property, Thai LanguageAbstract
The study of human’s dark triad has been gaining attention from worldwide researchers. In addition, the Short Dark Triad (SD3) has been promoted and translated into different languages. Although, the Thai Short Dark Triad Questionnaire (SD3-TH) of 27 items has been cut down into 15 items, the measurement model was still agreeable and had the high level of reliability, even some contents were amputated. With the stated reasons, in order to propose alternatives to researchers, this study aimed to confirm the 27-item Thai questionnaire which psychometrically retested for the properties by means of the Confirmation Factor Analysis and Network Analysis towards the questions using 212 postgraduate students as a sample.
The results revealed that the measurement model of the 3 components (Machiavellianism, Narcissism, Psychopathy) according to the Dark Triad Questionnaire was consistent with the empirical data at moderate level (χ2/df = 1.98, p = .06, CFI = .77, TLI = .74, RMSEA = .06); the reliability value was beyond the acceptable criteria in all 3 components; the network analysis showed an overlay of the questions between Machiavellianism and Psychopathy factors; and lastly, at least 8 items of the questions were suggested to improve in further researches due to a deficit of relations in other items within the same question clusters.
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