Short Dark Triad for Youth (SD3-Y-PL) Scale: Adaptation and Structure Investigation among Polish Adolescents

The main goal of the present study was to investigate the structure of the Short Dark Triad for Youths (SD3-Y) on a sample of nonclinical Polish adolescents (13-16 years). The results obtained should be treated as an attempt at clarifying incoherent conceptualisations of the SD3 structure proposed in the classic work by Jones and Paulhus (2013) and in critical studies by Persson et al, (2017) as well as Rogoza and Cieciuch (2017). The three studies conducted (N1 = 45; N2 = 405; N3 = 325) include: (1) adaptation of the Polish version of the SD3 in terms of linguistic and cognitive needs of adolescents; (2) investigation of the structure of the Polish version of the SD3-Y; (3) examination of the external validity of the SD3-Y; Despite satisfactory external validity, it turns out that the measure continues to struggle with construct validity. Our findings confirm the Dark Dyad model proposed by Rogoza and Cieciuch (2017), which comprises psychopathy and Machiavellianism. The results obtained indicate that there are problems with the SD3 structure, and further studies are required to determine whether the Dark Dyad solution can be replicated.