Narcissistic self-esteem or optimal self-esteem? A Latent Profile Analysis of self-esteem and psychological entitlement

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-110

  Stronge, Samantha ^a   Cichocka, Aleksandra ^b   Sibley, Chris G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entitlement; Five factor model; Narcissism; Personality; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975270518     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.06.016     Document Type: Article

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