The intrinsic appeal of evil: Sadism, sensational thrills, and threatened egotism

Personality and Social Psychology Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-221

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033247520     PISSN: 10888683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327957pspr0303_4     Document Type: Article

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