Birth Cohort Increases in Narcissistic Personality Traits Among American College Students, 1982-2009

Social Psychological and Personality Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-106

  Twenge, Jean M ^a   Foster, Joshua D ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; narcissism; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952426612     PISSN: 19485506     EISSN: 19485514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1948550609355719     Document Type: Article

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