The costs and benefits of the Dark Triad: Implications for mate poaching and mate retention tactics

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Li, Norman P ^b   Buss, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Singapore Management U   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Mate poaching; Mate retention; Narcissism; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749088694     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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