Are there such things as "Narcissists" in social psychology? A taxometric analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1321-1332

  Foster, Joshua D ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical; Dimensional; L Mode; MAMBAC; MAXEIG; Narcissism; Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Narcissistic Personality Inventory; Structure; Taxometrics; Taxon

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547485490     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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