Development and validation of the Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Konrath, Sara ^a,b,c   Meier, Brian P ^d   Bushman, Brad J ^e,f  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^d GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE ITEM NARCISSISM SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; DEFENSE MECHANISM; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; NEGATIVISM; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905513094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103469     Document Type: Article

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