Relations between humor styles and the Dark Triad traits of personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 772-774

  Veselka, Livia ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a   Martin, Rod A ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Humor; Machiavellianism; Narcissim; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349113106     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.01.017     Document Type: Article

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