Abstract. The present study examined the nomological network of the Short Dark Tetrad scale (SD4). The SD4 measures narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism. We translated the original English SD4 into German and used an online sample ( N = 594, 77% women) to investigate its nomological network with regard to the Big Five, honesty-humility, maladaptive personality traits, impulsivity, aggression, motives, values, sociosexual orientation, the octants of the interpersonal circumplex model, and self-esteem. The overall profile similarities between the observed and hypothesized nomological networks were very high. Few correlations differed concerning direction or magnitude. Hence, our study extends the nomological network of the Dark Tetrad in a meaningful way and suggests that the SD4 can be validly interpreted and used for the assessment of narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism.

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短暗四分体量表 (SD4) 的法理网络

摘要。本研究检查了 Short Dark Tetrad scale (SD4) 的规律网络。SD4 衡量自恋、精神病、马基雅维利主义和虐待狂。我们将原始的英文 SD4 翻译成德文，并使用在线样本（N = 594，77% 的女性）来调查其关于大五、诚实谦逊、适应不良的人格特征、冲动、攻击性、动机、价值观、社会性取向、人际循环模型的八分圆和自尊。观察到的和假设的法线网络之间的总体轮廓相似性非常高。很少有相关性在方向或大小方面有所不同。因此，