Reflections in troubled waters: Narcissism and the vicissitudes of an interpersonally contextualized self

Building Defending and Regulating the Self: A Psychological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 127-151

  Rhodewalt, Frederick ^a   Morf, Carolyn C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84917147261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203998052     Document Type: Chapter

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