Behind the Mask: Narcissism and Implicit Self-Esteem

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 101-115

  Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^a   Jordan, Christian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fragile self esteem; Implicit self esteem; Narcissism; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886056789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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