Distinguishing communal narcissism from agentic narcissism: A behavior genetics analysis on the agency-communion model of narcissism

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-58

  Luo, Yu L L ^a   Cai, Huajian ^a   Sedikides, Constantine ^b   Song, Hairong ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agentic narcissism; Behavior genetics; Communal narcissism; Narcissism; Twin study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894036819     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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