Understanding Relationships Among the Dark Triad Personality Profile and Romantic Partners’ Conflict Communication

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-170

  Horan, Sean M ^a   Guinn, Trey D ^b   Banghart, Scott ^c  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Contempt; Criticism; Dark Triad; Defensiveness; Four Horsemen; Stonewalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927137348     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2015.1012220     Document Type: Article

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