What Does the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Measure Across the Total Score Continuum?

Current Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 207-219

  Foster, Joshua D ^a   Shiverdecker, Levi K ^b   Turner, Imani N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Measurement; Narcissism; Narcissistic Personality Inventory; Psychometrics; Psychopathy; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954544513     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-016-9407-5     Document Type: Article

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