Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 361-367 , September 2005

A latent structure analysis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Narcissistic Personality Disorder criteria

  • Andrea Fossati

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20127, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 02 2643 3241; fax: +39 02 2643 3408.
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  • Theodore P. Beauchaine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA
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  • Federica Grazioli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20127, Italy
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  • Ilaria Carretta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20127, Italy
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  • Francesca Cortinovis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20127, Italy
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  • Cesare Maffei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan 20127, Italy

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PII: S0010-440X(04)00201-9

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.11.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 361-367 , September 2005