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Origins of narcissism in children
Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved February 12, 2015 (received for review November 7, 2014)
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- Published in issue March 24, 2015.
- Published first March 9, 2015.
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- Eddie Brummelmana,b,1,
- Sander Thomaesb,c,
- Stefanie A. Nelemansd,
- Bram Orobio de Castrob,
- Geertjan Overbeeka, and
- Brad J. Bushmane,f
- aResearch Institute of Child Development and Education, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NG, The Netherlands;
- bDepartment of Developmental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands;
- cCenter for Research on Self and Identity, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, England;
- dResearch Centre Adolescent Development, Department of Youth and Family, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3584 CS, The Netherlands;
- eDepartment of Communication and Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1339; and
- fDepartment of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands
Edited by Susan T. Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and approved February 12, 2015 (received for review November 7, 2014)
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- ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: e.brummelman{at}uva.nl.
Author contributions: E.B., S.T., B.O.d.C., and G.O. designed research; E.B. performed research; E.B. and S.A.N. analyzed data; and E.B., S.T., S.A.N., B.O.d.C., G.O., and B.J.B. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1420870112/-/DCSupplemental.
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