Thinking structurally about narcissism: An examination of the five-factor narcissism inventory and its components

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-18

  Miller, Joshua D ^a   Lynam, Donald R ^b   McCain, Jessica L ^a   Few, Lauren R ^c   Crego, Cristina ^d   Widiger, Thomas A ^d   Campbell, W Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; DELUSION; EXTRAVERSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84956948459     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: 19432763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2015_29_177     Document Type: Article

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