I'm OK, I'm OK: Praise makes narcissists with low implicit self-esteem indifferent to the suffering of others

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 655-659

  McGregor, Ian ^a   Nail, Paul R ^b   Kocalar, Dinceralp ^a   Haji, Reeshma ^a,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Empathy; Implicit self esteem; Narcissism; Praise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880750890     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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