The Evil Queen's Dilemma: Linking Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry to Benign and Malicious Envy

European Journal of Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 168-188

  Lange, Jens ^a   Crusius, Jan ^a   Hagemeyer, Birk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign and malicious envy; Grandiose narcissism; Narcissistic admiration and rivalry; Social comparison; Social perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960156337     PISSN: 08902070     EISSN: 10990984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/per.2047     Document Type: Article

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