Why do narcissists take more risks? Testing the roles of perceived risks and benefits of risky behaviors

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 885-889

  Foster, Joshua D ^a   Shenesey, Jessica W ^a   Goff, Joshua S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Avoidance motivation; Benefit perception; Narcissism; Personality; Reinforcement sensitivity theory; Risk perception; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849097162     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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