The five-factor narcissism inventory: A five-factor measure of narcissistic personality traits

Journal of Personality Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 500-512

  Glover, Natalie ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^b   Lynam, Donald R ^c   Crego, Cristina ^a   Widiger, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865230662     PISSN: 00223891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2012.670680     Document Type: Article

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