The Malevolent Side of Human Nature: A Meta-Analysis and Critical Review of the Literature on the Dark Triad (Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy)

Peter Muris; Harald Merckelbach; Henry Otgaar; Ewout Meijer

doi:10.1177/1745691616666070

The Malevolent Side of Human Nature: A Meta-Analysis and Critical Review of the Literature on the Dark Triad (Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy)

Peter Muris^*, Harald Merckelbach, Henry Otgaar, Ewout Meijer

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-204
Journal	Perspectives on Psychological Science
Volume	12
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691616666070
Publication status	Published - Mar 2017

Keywords

Dark triad
narcissism
Machiavellianism
psychopathy
review
meta-analysis

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