Women's sexual competition and the Dark Triad

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 74, Issue , 2015, Pages 275-279

  Carter, Gregory L ^a   Montanaro, Zoe ^a   Linney, Catherine ^a   Campbell, Anne C ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitiveness; Dark triad; Intrasexual competition; Mating strategies; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910648156     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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