Narcissism and boredom revisited: An exploration of correlates of overt and covert narcissism among Dutch university students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 563-576

  Zondag, Hessel J ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOREDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARCISSISM; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOREDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NARCISSISM; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878257277     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/09.02.PR0.112.2.563-576     Document Type: Article

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