Humor style mediates the association between pathological narcissism and self-esteem

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1196-1201

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Besser, Avi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grandiose; Humor styles; Narcissism; Self esteem; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953160818     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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