Who is open to a narcissistic romantic partner? The roles of sensation seeking, trait anxiety, and similarity

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 84-95

  Grosz, Michael P ^a   Dufner, Michael ^b   Back, Mitja D ^c   Denissen, Jaap J A ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Attraction; Dating; Mating; Narcissism; Romantic relationships; Similarity effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937053736     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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