Narcissistic Processes: Optimistic Expectations, Favorable Self-Evaluations, and Self-Enhancing Attributions

Journal of Personality

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-83

  Farwell, Lisa ^a,b   Wohlwend Lloyd, Ruth ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0031991655     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6494.00003     Document Type: Article

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