From narcissistic exploitativeness to bullying behavior: The mediating role of approval-of-aggression beliefs

Social Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 721-735

  Ang, Rebecca P ^a   Ong, Eileen Y L ^a   Lim, Joylynn C Y ^a   Lim, Eulindra W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Approval of aggression beliefs; Bullying; Narcissistic exploitativeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957152384     PISSN: 0961205X     EISSN: 14679507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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