Narcissism and Sexuality

The Handbook of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Approaches, Empirical Findings, and Treatments

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 351-359

  Widman, Laura ^a   Mcnulty, James K ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infidelity; Narcissism; Rape; Sexual assault; Sexual behavior; Sexual narcissism; Sociosexuality; STDs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885974615     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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