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Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the...
Brzóska, Paweł; Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Nowak, Bartłomiej; Jonason, Peter K.; Sedikides, Constantine; Adamovic, MladenUnfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of these beliefs with an 8-item scale, using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. We obtained a two-factor model of unfounded (conspiracy and health) beliefs with good internal structure (average CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04), but a high c...
Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the CO...
Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Sawicki, Artur; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Lifshin, Uri; Kretchner, Mabelle; Skowronski, John J.; Sedikides, ConstantineA theoretical perspective on grandiose narcissism suggests four forms of it (sanctity, admiration, heroism, rivalry) and states that these forms conduce to different ways of thinking and acting. Guided by this perspective, we examined in a multinational and multicultural study (61 countries; N = 15,039) how narcissism forms are linked to cognitions and behaviors prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, d...
An Initial Comparison of the Psychometric Properties of the Dark Triad Dirty Do...
Jonason, Peter K.; Tosi, Michele; Silva, Sofia; Da Silva Antunes, Rui Jorge; Brito-Costa, SóniaWe tested the psychometric properties of the Dark Triad Dirty Dozen measure of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism in Portugal (n = 1,034) and Spain (n = 386). Adult (M = 43.40, SD = 14.81, range = 18–88) participants (1,113 women) completed the Dirty Dozen measure of each trait along with ultrabrief measures of extraversion, openness, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and religiousness a...
Dirty dozen: a concise measure of dark triad traits among at-risk youths
Pechorro, Pedro Fernandes dos Santos; Jonason, Peter K.; Raposo, Vanessa; Marôco, J. P.The Dark Triad is a term used to describe a constellation of three socially undesirable personality traits: psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism. The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Dirty Dozen scale, a brief measure of the Dark Triad, among a sample of 412 at-risk youths from Portugal (M= 13.19 years; SD = 1.41; age range = 12– 17 years), composed of male (n ...