How Alluring Are Dark Personalities? The Dark Triad and Attractiveness in Speed Dating

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 125-138

  Jauk, Emanuel ^a   Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a   Mairunteregger, Thomas ^a   Pemp, Stephanie ^a   Sieber, Katharina P ^a   Rauthmann, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dark Triad; Machiavellianism; Mating; Narcissism; Psychopathy; Speed dating

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962090037     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.2040     Document Type: Article

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