Addressing Criticisms of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI)

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

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 146-152

  Miller, Joshua D ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Critiques; Maladaptive outcomes; Narcissistic Personality Inventory; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886064397     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118093108.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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