Narcissists are approach-oriented toward their money and their friends

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 764-769

  Foster, Joshua D ^a   Misra, Tiffany A ^a   Reidy, Dennis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approach motivation; Avoidance motivation; Investing; Narcissism; Personality; Social goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349118989     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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