Narcissism, social anxiety and self-presentation in exercise

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-135

  Akehurst, Sally ^a   Thatcher, Joanne ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Exercise; Impression construction; Impression motivation; Narcissism; Self presentation; Social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952550384     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.03.021     Document Type: Article

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