Narcissism is as an important predictor of aggression, and grandiose narcissists are generally more aggressive than vulnerable narcissists after being ostracized. Online environments have become ...increasingly important, so although it is essential to consider the impact of ostracism on narcissists' aggression online as well as offline, the former has yet to be considered in the literature. We recruited 240 students from two Chinese universities and conducted two experiments exploring the relationship between traditional and cyberaggression among narcissists. Study 1 explored the face-to-face aggression of grandiose and vulnerable narcissists after in-person peer ostracism. Study 2 explored the cyberaggression of grandiose and vulnerable narcissists after cyberostracism. We used an online game to construct cyberostracism and cyberinclusion conditions, and an adapted project employee evaluation to estimate cyberaggression and determine how it is impacted by online anonymity. The results showed that ostracized vulnerable narcissists were less aggressive than grandiose narcissists in face-to-face conditions, but showed increased indirect anonymous cyberaggression, at a similar level to grandiose narcissists. These results confirm the results of previous studies and help us gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of aggression in narcissists.
Suicide behaviors are peculiar aspects of several cluster B disorders, including Narcissistic Personality Disorder. To date, it is still unclear which facet of narcissism is more related to the ...desire to die and which other factors are involved in this relationship. This study aims to offer preliminary empirical evidences concerning the relationship between narcissism, emotion dysregulation and suicide ideation. We administered the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), PID‐5‐BF (Personality Inventory for DSM‐5‐Short Form) and Beck Scale for Suicide ideation (BSI) to a sample of individuals with suicide ideation (n = 70) and a sample of community participants (n = 154). Controlling for age, gender and Negative Affectivity, we found that BSI scores correlated significantly with the vulnerable dimension of narcissism, but not with the grandiose one, and with all DERS dimension, apart from Awareness. Nevertheless, emotion dysregulation moderates the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and suicide ideation. Suicide ideation seems to be deeply connected with the vulnerable dimension of pathological narcissism and the relationship between the constructs is totally mediated by emotion dysregulation. Future directions and clinical implications are discussed.
In a nationally representative sample from Poland (N = 755), we examined the relationships between the Dark Triad traits (i.e., psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) and collective ...narcissism (i.e., agentic and communal) on the one hand, and behaviors related to the COVID-19 pandemic at (1) the zero-order level, at (2) the latent variance level, and (3) indirectly through health beliefs about the virus (i.e., the health belief model) on the other. We focused on preventive and hoarding behaviors as common reactions toward the pandemic. Participants characterized by the Dark Triad traits engaged less in prevention and more in hoarding, whereas those characterized by collective narcissism engaged in more hoarding only. Coronavirus-related health beliefs mediated patterns of prevention (fully) and hoarding (partially) in the latent Dark Triad (Dark Core) and collective narcissism. However, specific beliefs worked in opposite directions, resulting in a weak indirect effect for prevention and a null indirect effect for hoarding. The results point to the utility of health beliefs in predicting behaviors during the pandemic, explaining (at least in part) problematic behaviors associated with the dark personalities (i.e., Dark Triad, collective narcissism).
•Examined dark personality correlates and health beliefs related to the COVID-19•Correlated the Dark Triad traits with less prevention and more hoarding•Collective narcissism was only associated with more hoarding.•Health beliefs mediated patterns of prevention and hoarding.
Toxic leadership has detrimental effects on subordinates and has been associated with several negative outcomes in organizations. This research aims to study the effects of toxic leadership ...dimensions (abusive supervision, authoritarianism, narcissism, self-promotion and unpredictability) on followers’ work motivation by using Self-Determination Theory to approach work motivation. Angola faces significant social development challenges that are dependent upon the quality of leadership. Two hundred and nineteen people, aged 30 and 65 years, participated in this research from Angolan organizations in different industry sectors. The Toxic Leadership Scale and Multidimensional Work Motivation Scale were used. Correlation and regression analyses were performed. The narcissism dimension of toxic leadership and the identified regulation of work motivation had the highest scores. Leaders’ narcissism was positively correlated with external material and introjected motivation; self-promotion with introjected and intrinsic motivation. All dimensions of toxic leadership were positively correlated with amotivation. Finally, abusive supervision negatively predicts introjected regulation, and narcissism predicts positively material regulation of work motivation. These relationships were interpreted as the effect of toxic leadership dimensions on work motivation dimensions. Leadership development programs should focus on preventing toxic leadership in order to positively impact the followers’ autonomous regulation.
This text aims at developing the importance of the notion of task in Pichon-Rivière in planning and conducting groups outside the consulting room. It is structured as a theoretical and practical ...reflection. After a preliminary general discussion on the statute of the task for both Pichon-Rivière and Foulkes, we propose and discuss three practical developments from Pichon-Rivière’s conception of task. The three developments are: 1) The task as a leader: its value in dealing with identity issues; 2) How centring on the task can moderate the transference towards the conductor; 3) Respecting narcissistic envelopes with tasked-centred interventions. It concludes by reaffirming that all three discussed elements are helpful when taking groups outside the consulting room—and yet that they also contribute to approach what Pichon-Rivière called the moment of a task as a potential moment in the sense of Donald Winnicott.
The purpose of the present study is to examine whether narcissism traits (i.e., narcissistic vulnerability and grandiosity) mediate the association between insecure attachment and PTSD symptoms, and ...whether this mediation is moderated by different levels of exposure to stress. Narcissistic vulnerability was expected to mediate the effect of attachment anxiety on PTSD symptoms. Narcissistic grandiosity was expected to mediate the effect of attachment avoidance on PTSD symptoms. Two hundred and thirty-six high school students from three different residential areas in Israel, differing in kind of exposure to terror (with constant warning, without constant warning and no exposure to terror), were administered the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire (ECR-R). Two years later, shortly after a tense security time in Israel, participants were administered the Narcissistic Vulnerability Scale (NVS; measuring narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability), and the Post Traumatic Symptoms Checklist (PCL5). Narcissistic vulnerability mediated the association between attachment anxiety and PTSD symptoms. However, the direct association of narcissistic grandiosity and attachment avoidance was not significant. No moderated mediation was found for residential zones. The results contribute to a better understanding of the developmental risk factors underlying PTSD and extend the knowledge about the role that personality variables play in PTSD.
Objective
The current research comprehensively examined how grandiose and vulnerable narcissism are linked to intelligence and intelligence‐related beliefs and emotions.
Method
In four studies (total ...N = 1,141), we tested the associations between both forms of narcissism, subjectively and objectively assessed intelligence, basic personality traits, test‐related stress, beliefs about intelligence, and well‐being.
Results
Both forms of narcissism (grandiose and vulnerable) were unrelated to objective intelligence. Grandiose narcissism was associated with high self‐perceived intelligence (Studies 1–3) and explained more variance in self‐perceived intelligence than objective intelligence and the Big Five personality traits. It was correlated with reduced distress in the context of IQ testing and low engagement in cognitive performance (Study 2). Individuals with high grandiose narcissism based their well‐being (Study 3) partly on intelligence and considered intelligence important for success in different life domains, especially for social relations (Study 4). Vulnerable narcissism was unrelated to self‐perceived intelligence (Studies 1–3) and went along with increased distress in the context of IQ testing (Study 2).
Conclusions
The results indicate that the topic of intelligence is of key importance for people with high grandiose narcissism psychological functioning and it also has some relevance for individuals with high vulnerable narcissism.
This research examines whether two people can be highly entitled but arrive at that conclusion in different ways. Using a lens of trait narcissism, we hypothesized that individuals high in grandiose ...narcissism (GN) justify entitlement via perceived superiority whereas individuals high in vulnerable narcissism (VN) justify entitlement via concerns of injustice. Participants across three studies (ns = 135–280) completed narcissism and entitlement measures. Study 1 participants selected domains (e.g., admiration, power) to which they felt entitled and indicated reasons why. Study 2 and 3 tested mediation models with measures of superiority (i.e. perceived status) and injustice (i.e. felt victimhood). We found that both narcissistic variants reported high entitlement. However, people high in GN justified their entitlement with perceived superiority (e.g. “I am naturally deserving”) which mediated associations between GN and entitlement. In contrast, people high in VN justified their entitlement with concerns of injustice (e.g. “I have been disadvantaged in the past”) which mediated associations between VN and entitlement. Three additional studies (ns = 78–243), reported in footnotes, replicated mediation models. This work furthers theoretical understanding on a core trait shared by the narcissistic variants and illuminates differences in how people justify deservingness.
•Narcissistic subtypes' core of entitlement is differentially determined.•People high in grandiose narcissism explain deservingness via perceived superiority.•People high in vulnerable narcissism explain deservingness via concerns of injustice.
Narcissism is steadily increasing in college students across the nation, but is not commonly modeled as a predictor of academic performance. This is likely due to the seemingly null effect of ...narcissism on college GPA found in literature. The present study predicted that this null relation is actually a case of suppression, a phenomenon in regression in which the inclusion of additional variables reveals effects previously unobserved. There are two widely acknowledged subtypes of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. They are theoretically and empirically distinct, and have opposite relations with two of the strongest non-cognitive predictors of academic performance. With N = 300 college students, path analyses indicated that grandiose narcissism is positively related to GPA via confidence, but negatively related to GPA directly, consistent with statistical suppression. In addition, it was found that vulnerable narcissism is negatively related to GPA via confidence. A surprising result was obtained with regard to anxiety with possible explanations and implications discussed.
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