We examined the extent to which trait narcissism was associated with helping behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that people higher in agentic grandiose narcissism would help ...during the COVID-19 quarantine for egoistic reasons and that communal grandiose narcissists would help because they care for the people in the community. Because vulnerable narcissists tend to self-protect, we expected them to be less helpful overall and report helping to either make themselves feel better or avoid social disapproval. We found supporting evidence such that agentic grandiose narcissists reported helping in a greater number of ways because they were motivated by self-promotion while communal narcissists helped in more ways because they were motivated by concern for others. Vulnerable narcissists reported doing less to help others and a lack of concern for others. Further, we found that the extent to which grandiose narcissists communicated more frequently about their various helping efforts was associated with increased state grandiose narcissism. These findings emphasize the self-focused nature of narcissistic personalities while highlighting unique differences between the narcissistic subtypes.
In the current study (N = 421), we examined the relationship between the full spectrum of facets of narcissism (i.e., agentic, antagonistic, communal, and neurotic) and the personal values on ...community sample adopting the refined Schwartz personal 19-values theory focusing on higher-order values. All narcissism facets were related positively to self-enhancement, with antagonistic, communal, and neurotic narcissism facets were also related negatively to self-transcendence. Agentic narcissism was related positively, while communal narcissism was related negatively to openness to change. Agentic and antagonistic narcissism were related negatively to conservation. The findings are discussed in reference to the agency-communion model of grandiose narcissism and the narcissistic spectrum of personality. Each of the examined facets of narcissistic personality has its unique relationships to values, yet they all share one motivational core expressed in a higher attachment to self-enhancement values.
•We investigated the full spectrum of narcissistic traits in relation to personal values.•All narcissism facets were related positively to self-enhancement higher-order value.•All narcissism facets were related negatively to self-transcendence higher-order value.•Antagonistic and agentic facets of narcissism were related negatively to conservation higher-order value.
Grandiose narcissism and prosociality are important topics in personality and social psychology, but research on their interplay is lacking. We present a first large-scale, systematic, and ...multimethod investigation linking the two. In 2 studies (N1 = 688, N2 = 336), we assessed grandiose narcissism comprehensively (i.e., agentic and communal narcissism) and examined its relations with instantiations of prosociality, namely, objective prosociality (actual behavior in Study 1; round-robin informant-reports in a real-life setting in Study 2) and subjective prosociality (self-perceptions in Studies 1 and 2). We obtained a consistent set of results. Agentic narcissism was related to lower objective prosociality and lower subjective prosociality. Communal narcissism, by contrast, was unrelated to objective prosociality, but was related to higher subjective prosociality. Additionally, we tested for prosociality self-enhancement among agentic and communal narcissists. Agentic narcissists evinced the same (and modest) level of prosociality self-enhancement as their non-narcissistic counterparts. Communal narcissists, by contrast, evinced substantial levels of prosociality self-enhancement, whereas their non-narcissistic counterparts did not enhance their prosociality at all. We discuss implications of the findings for the literature on narcissism and antisociality, and for the concept of prosocial personality.
Narcissism was found to be one of the essential personality-related risk factor of Social Networking Sites (SNS) addiction. However, most of the research neglected its heterogeneous nature. In this ...study, we focus on four aspects of narcissism (i.e., admirative narcissism, communal narcissism, rivalrous narcissism, and vulnerable narcissism), acknowledging that they might be associated with different underlying narcissistic motives (i.e., self-enhancement or self-protection) and realized in different domains (i.e., agency or communion). We tested whether four aspects of narcissism separately and additively contribute to SNS addiction using self-report measures of narcissism and SNS addiction in three cross-sectional studies (N = 1659; one students' sample and two general Polish samples). The results indicate that all four aspects of narcissism were positively related to SNS addiction. However, only rivalrous, communal, and vulnerable narcissism aspects were independent predictors of SNS addiction. We also conclude that SNSs might not be the optimal platform for gaining gratifications via solely agentic self-enhancement. Furthermore, SNS addiction may develop not only as a compensatory mechanism of interpersonal sensitivity and poor social relations in the relatively controllable SNS' environment (as indicated by vulnerable narcissism) but also maladaptive self-regulation via antagonism and hostility towards others (as indicated by rivalrous narcissism).
•Communal narcissism, rivalrous narcissism, and vulnerable narcissism were uniquely related to SNS addiction.•Admirative narcissism was not related to SNS addiction.•Those effects were not confounded by gender, age, and self-esteem.•Narcissism should be examined multidimensionally in the context of SNS addiction.
We studied essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hypothesized that trait narcissists would communicate more about their work during the pandemic because their work elevated their status ...to “hero” and provided an opportunity to shine. We found evidence of this for grandiose, but not vulnerable narcissism. Second, we hypothesized that sharing about work would be associated with increases in state narcissism. Results supported this for state grandiose narcissism with mixed evidence for state vulnerable narcissism. Perceiving validation from others was associated with higher state grandiose narcissism and self-esteem, as well as lower vulnerable narcissism in one sample.
Controversies in Narcissism Miller, Joshua D; Lynam, Donald R; Hyatt, Courtland S ...
Annual review of clinical psychology,
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There has been a surge in interest in and research on narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). Despite or because of this increased attention, there are several areas of substantial ...debate that surround the construct, including descriptions of grandiose and vulnerable dimensions or variants, questions regarding the existence of a consensual description, central versus peripheral features of narcissism, distinctions between normal and pathological narcissism, possible etiological factors, the role of self-esteem in narcissism, where narcissism should be studied, how it can be assessed, and its representation in diagnostic nosologies. We suggest that a failure to distinguish between grandiose (i.e., overtly immodest, self-centered, entitled, domineering) and vulnerable (e.g., self-centered, distrustful, neurotic, introverted) presentations of narcissism has led to a less cohesive and coherent literature and that trait-based models of personality and personality disorder can bring greater clarity to many of these important debates.
We examined the associations between various aspects of grandiose narcissism (i.e., agentic, antagonistic, and communal) and responses to intelligence-related feedback. In the present study ...(N = 308), we tested how aspects of grandiose narcissism were associated with subjectively assessed intelligence (SAI) and anger before and after receiving bogus feedback about performance on an intelligence test. We compared the effects of the feedback's valence (positive vs. negative) and comparison standard (oneself vs. others). In line with previous research and theorizing, agentic and communal narcissism were positively associated with SAI, regardless of the feedback type. Furthermore, antagonistic narcissism was associated with elevated levels of anger in response to negative feedback concerning performance on the intelligence test. This is consistent with the concept that the primary goal of antagonistic narcissism is protection of the grandiose self which may manifest in aggressive responses to ego-threatening information (e.g., questioning one's competence).
Prior research has revealed relevant associations between narcissism and leadership,
but most studies have focused on narcissism as a personality trait and its grandiose dimension. However, other
...forms of narcissism (e.g., vulnerable, pathological, and communal narcissism) might also be relevant for
leadership but have mainly been neglected in leadership research. Therefore, in this research spotlight, I
investigate the link between alternative forms of narcissism and leadership criteria such as leader emergence
and leader effectiveness. Along with theoretical considerations, I will derive suggestions for future research
on these forms of narcissism and leadership.
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