The role of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism in self-reported and laboratory aggression and testosterone reactivity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-27

  Lobbestael, Jill ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b   Fiebig, Tina ^a   Eckel, Lisa A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral aggression; Grandiose narcissism; Hormonal reactivity; Proactive aggression; Reactive aggression; Testosterone; Vulnerable narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901488488     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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