Dark Triad personality traits and adolescent cyber-aggression

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-46

  Pabian, Sara ^a   De Backer, Charlotte J S ^a   Vandebosch, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cyber aggression; Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911426735     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.015     Document Type: Article

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