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A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory Short Form: Narcissism as a Multidimensional Trait in the United Kingdom and Russia

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Pages 359-367 | Received 31 Oct 2020, Accepted 22 Apr 2021, Published online: 07 Jun 2021

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