Examining "Developmental Me": A Review of Narcissism as a Life Span Construct

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 191-201

  Hill, Patrick L ^a   Roberts, Brent W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Life span development; Narcissism; Personality development; Social investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886007646     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch17     Document Type: Chapter

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