Feeling Superior but Threatened: The Relation of Narcissism to Social Comparison

Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-44

  Bogart, Laura M ^a,c   Benotsch, Eric G ^b   Pavlovic, Jelena D ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 2442497211     PISSN: 01973533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324834basp2601_4     Document Type: Article

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