My child is god's gift to humanity: Development and validation of the parental overvaluation scale (POS)

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 665-679

  Brummelman, Eddie ^a   Thomaes, Sander ^a,b   Nelemans, Stefanie A ^a   de Castro, Bram Orobio ^a   Bushman, Brad J ^c,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Narcissism; Parental overvaluation; Parenting; Positive illusions; Praise

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PARENT; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PARENTS; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84926292456     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000012     Document Type: Article

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