When social media isn't social: Friends' responsiveness to narcissists on Facebook

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 77, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-214

  Choi, Mina ^a   Panek, Elliot T ^b   Nardis, Yioryos ^c   Toma, Catalina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Two42solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Entitlement; Exploitativeness; Facebook; Narcissism; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921442564     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.056     Document Type: Article

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