Fame and the social self: The need to belong, narcissism, and relatedness predict the appeal of fame

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 490-495

  Greenwood, Dara ^a   Long, Christopher R ^b   Dal Cin, Sonya ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Belonging; Fame; Narcissism; Relatedness; Self concept

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880044395     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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