Racial differences in narcissistic tendencies

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-467

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Wallace, Marion T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Narcissism; Race; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052292469     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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