A New Framework for Narcissism in Health Psychology and Psycho-Oncology

Gaia Perego¹, Valentina E Di Mattei^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
² School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ Division of Neuroscience, Clinical and Health Psychology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

Gaia Perego et al. Front Psychol. 2020.

. 2020 Jun 3:11:1182.

doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01182. eCollection 2020.

Gaia Perego¹, Valentina E Di Mattei^{2

3}

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
² School of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
³ Division of Neuroscience, Clinical and Health Psychology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: body image; cancer; humanization of medicine; narcissism; self-esteem.

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