Do great expectations lead to great disappointments? Pathological narcissism and the evaluation of vacation experiences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 89, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-79

  Besser, Avi ^a   Zeigler Hill, Virgil ^b   Weinberg, Michael ^c   Pincus, Aaron L ^d  

^a SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective expectations; Narcissism; Vacation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943737263     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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