Narcissism and self-esteem reactivity: The role of negative achievement events

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-292

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Myers, Erin M ^a   Clark, C Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Fragile; Narcissism; Reactivity; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950051578     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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