Narcissism, the Agency Model, and Approach-Avoidance Motivation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 89-100

  Foster, Joshua D ^a   Brennan, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency model; Approach motivation; Avoidance motivation; Decision making; Friendship goals; Investing; Narcissism; Personality; Punishment sensitivity; Reward sensitivity; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886063040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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