Reliability, Validity and Invariance of the Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children-Revised (NPQC-R)

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-151

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Invariance; Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY;

EID: 67651159084     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-008-9112-2     Document Type: Article

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