Sounds like a narcissist: Behavioral manifestations of narcissism in everyday life

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-484

  Holtzman, Nicholas S ^a   Vazire, Simine ^a   Mehl, Matthias R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Language use; Narcissism; Personality traits; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955172569     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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