Dominance styles mediate sex differences in Dark Triad traits

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-43

  Semenyna, Scott W ^a   Honey, P Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Dominance; Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Psychopathy; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926357562     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.03.046     Document Type: Article

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