The effect of pathological narcissism on interpersonal and affective processes in social interactions

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 898-910

  Wright, Aidan G C ^a   Stepp, Stephanie D ^a   Scott, Lori N ^a   Hallquist, Michael N ^b   Beeney, Joseph E ^a   Lazarus, Sophie A ^a   Pilkonis, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory assessment; Dynamic processes; Multilevel structural equation modeling; Narcissism; Narcissistic personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NARCISSISM; OUTPATIENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 85029510912     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000286     Document Type: Article

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