Exploring the Relationship Between Flourishing and the Light Triad of Personality in Honduran Adults

Miguel Landa-Blanco1, Nicolle Espinoza-Rivera1, Ivin Caballero-Juárez1

  • 1School of Psychological Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras.

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