The relationship between Grandiose and Vulnerable (Hypersensitive) Narcissism

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Jauk, Emanuel ^a   Weigle, Elena ^a   Lehmann, Konrad ^a   Benedek, Mathias ^a   Neubauer, Aljoscha C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Grandiose narcissism; Hypersensitive narcissism; Introversion; Vulnerable narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029721352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01600     Document Type: Article

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