Narcissism, Low Self-Control, and Violence Among a Nationally Representative Sample

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 644-661

  Larson, Matthew ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b   Salas Wright, Christopher P ^c   Delisi, Matt ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intimate partner violence; narcissism; personality; self control; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930510715     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854814553097     Document Type: Article

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