Development and validation of the childhood narcissism scale

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-391

  Thomaes, Sander ^a,b   Stegge, Hedy ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^a,c   Olthof, Tjeert ^a   Denissen, Jaap ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD NARCISSISM SCALE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 46349095858     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223890802108162     Document Type: Article

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