Dirty Dozen Dark Triad Test
The 12-item Dirty Dozen (Jonason & Webster 2010) measures Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism with one score per trait.
12 questions
4 min
Instructions
Rate how much you agree with each statement about yourself. Answer honestly based on how you really think and behave, not how you'd like to be. This is a research-style trait measure for self-reflection — there are no right or wrong answers.Construct and item content adapted from the Dirty Dozen (Jonason & Webster, 2010). Items are close rewordings of the original statements, and the response format is changed from the published 9-point scale to 5-point; original paper cited. Raw scores therefore contrast with published norms — use the bands shown here.
Citations
- Jonason, P. K., & Webster, G. D. (2010). The Dirty Dozen: A concise measure of the Dark Triad. Psychological Assessment, 22(2), 420-432. Original 12 item instrument (9 point). construct and three factor structure followed; here adapted to 5 point response format per license note.