The perceived attractiveness and traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists are perceived as hot, Machiavellians and psychopaths not

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 582-586

  Rauthmann, John F ^a   Kolar, Gerald P ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attraction; Attractiveness; Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Personality judgment; Psychopathy; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871745939     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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