Alpha and Beta Traits and Egoistic and Moralistic Self-Enhancement: A Point of Convergence Between Two Research Traditions

Journal of Personality

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Vecchione, Michele ^a   Alessandri, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872654615     PISSN: 00223506     EISSN: 14676494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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