Is Narcissism Associated with Child Physical Abuse Risk?

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 373-380

  Crouch, Julie L ^a   Hiraoka, Regina ^a   Rutledge, Ericka ^a   Zengel, Bettina ^a   Skowronski, John J ^a   Milner, Joel S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Child abuse; Maltreatment; Parenting; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925541203     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: 15732851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-015-9672-3     Document Type: Article

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