The dark side of Facebook®: The Dark Tetrad, negative social potency, and trolling behaviours

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-84

  Craker, Naomi ^a   March, Evita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Machiavellianism; Narcissism; Negative social potency; Psychopathy; Sadism; Trolling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976876667     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.043     Document Type: Article

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