The role of "dark personalities" (narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy), Big Five personality factors, and ideology in explaining prejudice

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 686-690

  Hodson, Gordon ^a   Hogg, Sarah M ^b   MacInnis, Cara C ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Big Five; Dark Triad; Group threat; Prejudice; Social dominance orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349116382     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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