Multidimensional perfectionism and narcissism: Grandiose or vulnerable?

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 85-90

  Stoeber, Joachim ^a   Sherry, Simon B ^b   Nealis, Logan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Grandiosity; Hypersensitive narcissism; Multidimensional perfectionism; Narcissism; Pathological narcissism; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924261491     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.027     Document Type: Article

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