Subclinical primary psychopathy, but not physical formidability or attractiveness, predicts conversational dominance in a zero-acquaintance situation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Manson, Joseph H ^a   Gervais, Matthew M ^b   Fessler, Daniel M T ^a   Kline, Michelle A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBCLINICAL PRIMARY PSYCHOPATHY; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84913534803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113135     Document Type: Article

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