Self-knowledge and narcissism in Iranians: Relationships with empathy and self-esteem

Current Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-143

  Ghorbani, Nima ^a   Watson, P J ^b   Hamzavy, Fatemeh ^a   Weathington, Bart L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Iran; Narcissism; Self esteem; Self knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952319300     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-010-9079-5     Document Type: Article

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