The dark triad personality: Attractiveness to women

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-61

  Carter, Gregory Louis ^a   Campbell, Anne C ^a   Muncer, Steven ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Big Five; Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Mating; Narcissism; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885474516     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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