Narcissism, affect, and gender: An empirical examination of Kernberg's and Kohut's Theories of Narcissism

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-92

  Heiserman, Arthur ^a,b   Cook, Harold ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGGRESSION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EGO; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME;

EID: 0032449379     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.15.1.74     Document Type: Article

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