The nature and correlates of the dark triad: The answers depend on the questions

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 951-968

  Watts, Ashley L ^a   Waldman, Irwin D ^a   Smith, Sarah Francis ^a   Poore, Holly E ^a   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dark triad; Factor analysis; Personality; Personality pathology

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACHIAVELLIANISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85032909513     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000296     Document Type: Article

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