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ArticleInternational journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology2026

Screening for Light Personalities in Portugal: A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Light Triad Scale With an At-risk-of-delinquency Sample.

Pedro Pechorro, Makilim N Baptista, Bruno Bonfá-Araujo, Cristina Nunes, Matthew DeLisi

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Article in International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Light Triad traits of personality as moderators between the dark core of personality, psychopathy, and antisociality/criminality.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Pedro PechorroUniversity of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-3728-5380
Makilim N BaptistaPontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Brazil.
Bruno Bonfá-AraujoUniversity of Western Ontario, London, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0702-9992
Cristina NunesPsychology Research Centre (CIP), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Matthew DeLisiIowa State University, Ames, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5964-5848

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Light Triad of personality refers to three prosocial personality traits-Faith in Humanity, Humanism, and Kantianism-that promote the worth and dignity of other people, focus on ethical behavior and empathy, and confidence that other people are naturally good. The aim of the present study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Light Triad Scale (LTS)-Portuguese version. Our convenience sample consisted of 242 male and female participants (

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonHumanismMass ScreeningPersonality InventoryPrisonersAdolescentAdultAgedAntisocial Personality DisorderEmpathyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPortugalPsychometricsassessmentLight Triad Scalemeasurement invariancevalidation studies

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PMID38339801
PMCPMC13379600

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