A day in the life of narcissus: Measuring narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability in daily life

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 913-924

  Edershile, Elizabeth A ^a   Woods, William C ^a   Sharpe, Brinkley M ^a   Crowe, Michael L ^b   Miller, Joshua D ^b   Wright, Aidan G C ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory Assessment; Grandiosity; Narcissistic Grandiosity Scale; Narcissistic Vulnerability Scale; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIVE FACTOR NARCISSISM INVENTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NARCISSISM; NARCISSISTIC GRANDIOSITY SCALE; NARCISSISTIC VULNERABILITY SCALE; PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM INVENTORY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85062996063     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000717     Document Type: Article

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