A bifactor model of the Polish version of the Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale

•The 64-item Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale was translated into Polish.•CFA revealed that the best fitting model was the bifactor solution of psychopathy.•The Polish version of Hare SRP evidenced good reliability and incremental validity.

The 64-item Hare Self-Report Psychopathy Scale was translated into Polish with the aim to test construct validity and dimensionality, incremental validity, and composite reliability of the measure in a sample of working adults (N = 319). Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the best fitting model was the bifactor conceptualization containing six latent factors; two general factors of psychopathy and four grouping factors represented by interpersonal, affective, antisocial, and lifestyle latent variables (compared to a 2-factor, 4-factor, and 4-factor with 2 hierarchical factors). The scores of the Polish version of Hare SRP evidenced good composite reliability and incremental validity in terms of predicting scores on aggression scale. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.