Contingent self-importance among pathological narcissists: Evidence from an implicit task

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 691-697

  Fetterman, Adam K ^a   Robinson, Michael D ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implicit; Pathological narcissism; Priming; Self importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449305269     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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