Mixed impressions: Reactions of strangers to people with pathological personality traits

Friedman, Jacqueline N.W.; Oltmanns, Thomas F.; Gleason, Marci E. J.; Turkheimer, Eric

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2005.01.005

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“…The current study is the first to examine how strangers view individuals who differ on these narcissism dimensions. Consistent with previous research using this thin slice methodology (Friedman, Oltmanns, Gleason, & Turkheimer, 2006;Oltmanns et al, 2004), grandiose narcissism was positively correlated with strangers' ratings, based on 60-s video clips, of Extraversion and negatively correlated with ratings of Neuroticism. Vulnerable narcissism was unrelated to all stranger ratings.…”

Section: Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism And Interpersonal Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 88%

Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Nomological Network Analysis

Miller¹,

Hoffman²,

Gaughan³

et al. 2011

Journal of Personality

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Evidence has accrued to suggest that there are 2 distinct dimensions of narcissism, which are often labeled grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Although individuals high on either of these dimensions interact with others in an antagonistic manner, they differ on other central constructs (e.g., Neuroticism, Extraversion). In the current study, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis of 3 prominent self-report measures of narcissism (N=858) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the resultant factors. A 2-factor structure was found, which supported the notion that these scales include content consistent with 2 relatively distinct constructs: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. We then compared the similarity of the nomological networks of these dimensions in relation to indices of personality, interpersonal behavior, and psychopathology in a sample of undergraduates (n=238). Overall, the nomological networks of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism were unrelated. The current results support the need for a more explicit parsing of the narcissism construct at the level of conceptualization and assessment.

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Section: Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism And Interpersonal Behaviorsupporting

confidence: 88%

Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Nomological Network Analysis

Miller¹,

Hoffman²,

Gaughan³

et al. 2011

Journal of Personality

737

730

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“…It is also possible that certain types of interventions might be less vulnerable to the deleterious effects of client narcissism than others, and future research in this area would be very useful. In addition, given the detailed theoretical and empirical literature on the interpersonal impact of pathological narcissism (Dickinson & Pincus, 2003;Friedman, Oltmanns, Gleason, & Turkheimer, 2006;Lukowitsky & Pincus, in press), research is needed to elucidate the mechanisms by which narcissism relates to service utilization and psychotherapy outcome. For example, client narcissism might lead to a harmful activation of narcissistic elements of the therapist's personality (Luchner, Mirsalimi, Moser, & Jones, 2008), leading to disengagement with the therapeutic process (Diamond, Yeomans, & Levy, 2011;Stern, Yeomans, Diamond, & Kernberg, 2013), or narcissism might cause a heightened sensitivity to shame on the part of the client (Gramzow & Tangney, 1992) and a tendency to respond with hostility to narcissistic injury (South, Oltmanns, & Turkheimer, 2003).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Pathological Narcissism on Psychotherapy Utilization, Initial Symptom Severity, and Early-Treatment Symptom Change: A Naturalistic Investigation

Ellison

Levy

Cain

et al. 2013

Journal of Personality Assessment

108

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The impact of pathological narcissism on psychotherapy has seldom been investigated empirically, despite extensive clinical theory proposing that highly narcissistic individuals should be reluctant to engage in treatment and derive smaller benefits from therapy. In this study, we investigate the relationship between scores on the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI; Pincus et al., 2009), which assesses both narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability, and clinical variables in a sample of outpatients (N=60) at a community mental health center. Results indicated that grandiosity, but not vulnerability, was negatively related to the use of adjunctive services and positively predicted client-initiated termination of psychotherapy. In addition, grandiosity and vulnerability were related to initial levels of different symptoms in multilevel models using a subsample (n=41) but not generally related to the linear rate of symptom change in early psychotherapy. The results highlight the clinical utility of assessing pathological narcissism in a real-world psychotherapeutic context.

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“…That negative perspective must be reconsidered in light of more recent studies indicating trade‐offs in the adaptive value of chronic self‐promotion (Campbell, ; Campbell et al., ; Goorin & Bonanno, ; Harms, Spain, & Hannah, ; Kwan, Kuang, & Zhao, ; Paunonen, Lönnqvist, Verkasalo, Leikas, & Nissinen, ; Taylor et al., ). In particular, it seems that initial reactions to self‐promoters are actually positive (Back, Schmukle, & Egloff, ; Friedman, Oltmanns, Gleason, & Turkheimer, ; Paulhus, ). We suspect that this initial (even if temporary) advantage may be sufficient enough to promote success in short‐term contexts such as job interviews.…”

Section: Individual Differencesmentioning

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Self‐presentation style in job interviews: the role of personality and culture

Paulhus

Westlake

Calvez

et al. 2013

J Applied Social Pyschol

104

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Chronic self‐promoters may thrive in job interviews where such behavior is encouraged. In Study 1, 72 participants were videotaped as they simulated the job applicant role. Accountability was manipulated by the expectation of expert versus nonexpert interviewers. As accountability increased, self‐promotion tended to decrease among non‐narcissists but increase among narcissists. Ingratiation showed no interaction or main effects. In Study 2, 222 raters evaluated applicant videos varying in narcissism (high vs. low) and ethnicity (European heritage vs. East Asian heritage). Chronic self‐promoters (i.e., European‐heritage narcissists) were given the most positive evaluations. Detailed behavior analyses indicated that the narcissism advantage was derived primarily from frequent self‐praise and the European‐heritage advantage from use of active ingratiation tactics. In sum, self‐presentation styles that pay off in the (Western) interview context are highly selective.

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Mixed impressions: Reactions of strangers to people with pathological personality traits

Cited by 35 publications

References 31 publications

Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Nomological Network Analysis

Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Nomological Network Analysis

The Impact of Pathological Narcissism on Psychotherapy Utilization, Initial Symptom Severity, and Early-Treatment Symptom Change: A Naturalistic Investigation

Self‐presentation style in job interviews: the role of personality and culture

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