The General Factor of Personality: The relationship between the Big One and the Dark Triad

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 256-260

  Kowalski, Christopher Marcin ^a   Vernon, Philip A ^a   Schermer, Julie Aitken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dark triad; General factor of personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942549097     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.09.028     Document Type: Article

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