Different Provocations Trigger Aggression in Narcissists and Psychopaths

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Jones, Daniel N ^a   Paulhus, Delroy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

aggression; Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; narcissism; psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953921568     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609347591     Document Type: Article

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