Better than my loved ones: Social comparison tendencies among narcissists

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-216

  Krizan, Zlatan ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^b,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agency; Narcissism; Self esteem; Social comparison; Status; Superiority

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249253622     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.031     Document Type: Article

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