Puffed-up but shaky selves: State self-esteem level and variability in narcissists

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 769-786

  Geukes, Katharina ^a   Nestler, Steffen ^a   Hutteman, Roos ^b   Dufner, Michael ^c   Küfner, Albrecht C P ^a   Egloff, Boris ^d   Denissen, Jaap J A ^e   Back, Mitja D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Narcissistic) ego fragility; Grandiose narcissism; State self esteem level; Within person variability in state self esteem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NARCISSISM; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84999873064     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pspp0000093     Document Type: Article

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