I don’t feel ya: How narcissism shapes empathy

Burgmer, Pascal; Weiß, Alexa; Ohmann, Katharina

doi:10.1080/15298868.2019.1645730

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“…This pattern suggests that narcissistic rivalry may predispose individuals to view sexually aggressive behaviors as demonstrations of power that, in turn, may lead to subjective arousal. This pattern is consistent with research showing narcissistic rivalry to be characterized by the desire to dominate others [47,80] and low levels of empathy [66,83,84] which may allow individuals to be sexually aroused by aggressive behavior. One potential interpretation of this pattern is that narcissistic rivalry may promote the sexual objectification of others rather than recognizing that others have their own needs and concerns.…”

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Narcissism and Subjective Arousal in Response to Sexual Aggression: The Mediating Role of Perceived Power

Zeigler‐Hill

Andrews

2021

Sexes

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The present research examined the associations that narcissistic personality features had with subjective arousal in response to sexually aggressive behaviors, as well as whether these associations were mediated by the power that was believed to accompany these behaviors. Participants were 221 community members (115 women, 106 men) who completed a self-report instrument that captured narcissistic admiration (an agentic form of narcissism) and narcissistic rivalry (an antagonistic form of narcissism). In addition, participants were asked to rate how powerful they would expect to feel if they actually engaged in an array of sexually aggressive behaviors (e.g., “Tying up a person during sexual intercourse against her/his will”) as well as how sexually aroused they would be by each behavior. A multilevel mediation analysis revealed that both narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry were positively associated with subjective arousal in response to sexual aggression and that these associations were mediated by the perceived power that was believed to accompany these sexually aggressive behaviors. These results suggest that perceptions of power may play an important role in the connections that narcissistic personality features have with subjective arousal in response to sexually aggressive behavior for both men and women. This discussion will focus on the implications of these results for understanding the connections between narcissism and sexual aggression in both men and women.

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Narcissism and Subjective Arousal in Response to Sexual Aggression: The Mediating Role of Perceived Power

Zeigler‐Hill

Andrews

2021

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“…Some studies highlight relationships between reduced empathy and specific narcissistic features such as grandiosity (Vonk et al, 2013), exploitativeness (Hepper, Hart, Meek, et al, 2014;Watson et al, 1984) and rivalry (Burgmer et al, 2019;Fatfouta et al, 2015). While exploitation may be at the core of NP (Miller et al, 2016), a lack of empathy may also help to explain a lack of forgiveness, which may be more frequently associated with VN (Fatfouta et al, 2015;Konrath et al, 2014).…”

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“…C Burgmer et al, 2019 3 experiments: NC=301, 56% male; NC=381, 55% male; NC=339, 49% male. NARQ (Back et al, 2013); emotional scenarios; BES-A (Carré et al, 2013); moral judgment scenario Tendencies towards rivalry were associated with reduced empathic responses.…”

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Self-serving social strategies: A systematic review of social cognition in narcissism

Eddy

2021

Curr Psychol

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Narcissistic Personality Disorder is characterised by inflated self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy. The interpersonal difficulties associated with narcissistic personality may be becoming more widespread given its increasing prevalence within the general population. This systematic review investigated the relationship between narcissistic personality traits and social cognition (i.e. theory of mind; emotion recognition; empathy; emotional intelligence) in clinical and non-clinical samples. Cognitive empathy (i.e. perspective taking) appears unlikely to be impaired, while affective empathy (relating to another’s emotion state) may be reduced in association with narcissism. Those with grandiose narcissism rate their empathic skills more highly than those with vulnerable narcissism, but concurrent administration of objective measures is rare, limiting insight into the validity of self-ratings. Rather than deficits in aspects of social cognition, the overall pattern could reflect motivation, or advantageous use of social cognitive skills to serve the self. Indeed, interpersonal strategies associated with narcissism (e.g. deception; manipulation) suggest the application of understanding another’s beliefs or desires in the context of low empathy. Further research should seek to explore performance on a wider range of emotion recognition and theory of mind tasks, and whether characteristics such as excessive jealousy and paranoia could reflect hyper-mentalizing.

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“…For example, neuroscience research demonstrated that the amygdala processes motivation-relevant information more actively than motivation-irrelevant information (Cunningham et al, 2008). People high (vs. low) in narcissism show higher strivings for power, competence, and uniqueness (Gebauer et al, 2012), while they are simultaneously relatively less concerned about others (Burgmer et al, 2019) and have lower interest in intimacy (Carroll, 1987). Corresponding with these goals, narcissists are predominantly motivated to enhance their positive self-concept in the agentic domain, which emphasizes advancement in social hierarchies and involves pursuit of success and power, rather than in the communal domain, which emphasizes positive relationships, conformity, and benevolence (Grijalva & Zhang, 2016;Trapnell & Paulhus, 2012).…”

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How Narcissism Shapes Responses to Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior: Hypo-Responsiveness or Hyper-Responsiveness?

Chen

Nevicka

Homan

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Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Narcissists have a relatively higher proclivity for displaying antisocial rather than prosocial behaviors, suggesting a comparatively higher tendency for unfavorably impacting societies. However, maintenance of social order also depends on appropriate responses to others’ social behavior. Once we focus on narcissists as observers rather than actors, their impact on social functioning becomes less clear-cut. Theoretical arguments suggest that narcissists could be either hypo-responsive or hyper-responsive to others’ social behavior. Across four studies, we examined narcissists’ responsiveness to variations in others’ antisocial and prosocial behaviors. Results showed that narcissists differentiated less between others’ antisociality/prosociality, as reflected in their subsequent moral character evaluations (Studies 1–4) and reward and punishment (Studies 3 and 4). These results suggest that narcissists are hypo-responsive to others’ social behaviors. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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I don’t feel ya: How narcissism shapes empathy

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Cited by 32 publications

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Narcissism and Subjective Arousal in Response to Sexual Aggression: The Mediating Role of Perceived Power

Narcissism and Subjective Arousal in Response to Sexual Aggression: The Mediating Role of Perceived Power

Self-serving social strategies: A systematic review of social cognition in narcissism

How Narcissism Shapes Responses to Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior: Hypo-Responsiveness or Hyper-Responsiveness?

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