Narcissistic defensiveness: Hypervigilance and avoidance of worthlessness

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1252-1258

  Horvath, Stephan ^a   Morf, Carolyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Defensiveness; Narcissism; Repression; Self regulation; Suppression; Worthlessness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350348717     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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