AUTHOR=Lingán-Huamán Susana K. , Dominguez-Lara Sergio , Serpa-Barrientos Antonio 

TITLE=Psychometric properties of the Propensity to Morally Disengage Scale in Peruvian university students: internal structure and association with the dark triad

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Education

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1275951

DOI=10.3389/feduc.2023.1275951

ISSN=2504-284X

ABSTRACT=This study aimed to analyze the psychometric properties of the Propensity to Morally Disengage Scale in Peruvian university students. The number of university students who participated in the study was 591 (women = 71.7%; Mage = 21.5; SDage = 3.60). The results showed a unidimensional structure in both men and women. As for the invariance results according to sex, there is a favorable evidence of configural and weak invariance; however, there is no evidence of strong invariance. Furthermore, the reliability of the construct (coefficient ω) and its scores (coefficient α) reached acceptable dimensions in each group and positive associations with the dark triad (Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism). The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.