Living a Fast Life: The Dark Triad and Life History Theory

Human Nature

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 428-442

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Koenig, Bryan L ^b   Tost, Jeremy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dark triad; Future discounting; Life history theory; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649923747     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-010-9102-4     Document Type: Article

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