Narcissism assessment in social-personality research: Does the association between narcissism and psychological health result from a confound with self-esteem?

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-465

  Rosenthal, Seth A ^a   Hooley, Jill M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narcissism; Narcissistic personality disorder; Narcissistic personality inventory (NPI); Normal narcissism; Pathological narcissism; Psychological health; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955177115     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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