Relationships between bullying behaviours and the Dark Triad: A study with adults

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 571-575

  Baughman, Holly M ^a   Dearing, Sylvia ^a   Giammarco, Erica ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Bullying; Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856613056     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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