Screening for light personalities in Portugal: a cross-cultural validation of the light triad scale with an at-risk-of-delinquency sample

The Light Triad of personality refers to three prosocial personality traits—Faithin Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism—that promote the worth and dignityof other people, focus on ethical behavior and empathy, and confidence thatother people are naturally good. The aim of the present study is to exam...

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Autores principales: Pechorro, Pedro Fernandes dos Santos (Autor) ; Baptista, Makilim N. (Autor) ; Bonfá-Araujo, Bruno (Autor) ; Nunes, Cristina (Autor) ; DeLisi, Matt (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2024
En: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Año: 2024, Páginas: 1-17
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Assessment
Light Triad Scale
Measurement invariance
Validation studies
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Sumario:The Light Triad of personality refers to three prosocial personality traits—Faithin Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism—that promote the worth and dignityof other people, focus on ethical behavior and empathy, and confidence thatother people are naturally good. The aim of the present study is to examine thepsychometric properties of the Light Triad Scale (LTS)—Portuguese version. Ourconvenience sample consisted of 242 male and female participants (M = 30.19 years,SD = 12.78, range = 16–77) from Portugal. The proposed latent structure models ofthe LTS obtained adequate fits. Internal consistency/reliability, as measured by thealpha and omega coefficients, was adequate to good. Construct validity with otherpsychometric measures (i.e., empathy, dark traits of personality, propensity to morallydisengage, and antisociality/criminality measures) and criterion-related validity (withjustice involvement variables such as problems with the law, arrested by the police,sentenced to prison and alcohol/drug abuse variables) were demonstrated. Cross-gender measurement invariance was established, with females scoring higher thanmales. The findings support the use of the LTS as a valid and reliable measure.
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 14-17
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X241228234