TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Self-Esteem, Narcissism, and Aggression: Does Violence Result from Low Self-Esteem or From Threatened Egotism?
JO  - Current directions in psychological science
A1  - Baumeister, Roy F.
A1  - Bushman, Brad J.
A1  - Campbell, W. Keith
SP  - 26
EP  - 29
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - A traditional view holds that low self-esteem causes aggression, but recent work has not confirmed this. Although aggressive people typically have high self-esteem, there are also many nonaggressive people with high self-esteem, and so newer constructs such as narcissism and unstable self-esteem are most effective at predicting aggression. The link between self-regard and aggression is best captured by the theory of threatened egotism, which depicts aggression as a means of defending a highly favorable view of self against someone who seeks to undermine or discredit that view. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2000. Copyright © 2000 by the American Psychological Society; Blackwell Publishers)  Offender Characteristics Narcissism Offender Personality Personality Characteristics Aggression Causes Violence Causes Low Self-Esteem Offender Self-Esteem Adult Aggression Adult Offender Adult Self-Esteem Adult Violence 10-01<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0963-7214
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -