Revitalizing Narcissistic Perfectionism: Evidence of the Reliability and the Validity of an Emerging Construct

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 493-504

  Nealis, Logan J ^a   Sherry, Simon B ^a,b   Lee Baggley, Dayna L ^b   Stewart, Sherry H ^a,b   Macneil, Matthew A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anger; Informant; Narcissism; Perfectionism; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTITRAIT MULTIMETHOD; NARCISSISM; NARCISSISTIC PERFECTIONISM; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957640511     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: 15733505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-016-9537-y     Document Type: Article

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