Narcissism through the lens of performative self-elevation

Kowalchyk, Mary; Palmieri, Helena; Conte, Elena; Wallisch, Pascal

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110780

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“…Further prospective or experimental studies are needed. In light of the findings on Machiavellianism and psychopathy in relation to willingness to use AAS 72 , it would be interesting to also examine the link to narcissism and self-esteem/insecurity 82 . We wonder whether self-esteem or narcissistic traits could play an additional role in the motivation to begin AAS use, given the known downsides.…”

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Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems

Nelson

Hildebrandt

Wallisch

2022

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Previous research has uncovered medical and psychological effects of anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) use, but the specific relationship between AAS use and risk-taking behaviors as well as between AAS use and psychopathic tendencies remains understudied. To explore these potential relationships, we anonymously recruited 492 biologically male, self-identified bodybuilders (median age 22; range 18–47 years) from online bodybuilding fora to complete an online survey on Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drug (APED) use, psychological traits, lifestyle choices, and health behaviors. We computed odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals using logistic regression, adjusting for age, race, education, exercise frequency, caloric intake, and lean BMI. Bodybuilders with a prior history of AAS use exhibited heightened odds of psychopathic traits, sexual and substance use risk-taking behaviors, anger problems, and physical problems compared to those with no prior history of AAS use. This study is among the first to directly assess psychopathy within AAS users. Our results on risk-taking, anger problems, and physical problems are consistent with prior AAS research as well as with existing frameworks of AAS use as a risk behavior. Future research should focus on ascertaining causality, specifically whether psychopathy is a risk associated with or a result of AAS use.

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Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems

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Hildebrandt

Wallisch

2022

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“…Finally, whereas we did not experimentally create wealth, which -in principle -limits the causal scope of conclusions one can draw from such results, this concern is not applicable to our study, as one should see deleterious effects of affluence on behavior, if the original hypothesis was true. That said, strictly speaking, we cannot assess whether -to put not too fine a point on it -whether an attitude of entitlement, which underlies much of narcissism, as measured by the Dirty Dozen Scale (Kowalchyk et al, 2021) leads to affluence, or whether the affluent can afford to exhibit such an attitude. Yet, this is where the age of our sample works in our favor -due to the youth of our sample, it is implausible that the attitude created the wealth, it is more plausible that it is the wealthy background that creates the attitude of entitlement.…”

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The influence of affluence on prosocial behavior

Fomina¹,

Goltermann²,

Berner³

et al. 2023

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Popular wisdom has it that excessive material wealth leads to decreased prosocial behavior. This notion has empirical support in the literature, but there are open questions about how strong, specific, and general this effect is. Here, we aimed to test the hypothesis that increased SES is associated with decreased prosocial behavior in a high-powered laboratory task. We find thatthere are no statistically significant differences in generosity as a function of social class. However, there are subtle - yet statistically significant - patterns linking SES and dark triad personality traits. We conclude that the relationship between SES and social behavior isconsiderably more nuanced than commonly believed.

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“…Kowalchyk et al. (2021) report that the narcissistic trait is characterized by insecurities. The more insecure a CEO is, the more value he is going to put into cash holding.…”

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“…We point out that narcissistic CEOs are more likely to use repurchase as a price adjustment tool due to their inflated self‐view causing them to register their disagreement with the current market value of their company rather than a mode of paying out. Furthermore, they may pay out less as parting with cash may be considered more costly by narcissist CEOs due to a higher sense of personal insecurity (Kowalchyk et al., 2021). We find that narcissistic CEOs are less likely to make an actual repurchase, and when they decide to repurchase, they allocate less dollar amount towards such activities.…”

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The beguiling behaviour of narcissistic CEOs: Evidence from repurchase announcements

Boamah,

Banerjee

2024

Business Fin & Account

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We study whether Chief Executive Officer (CEO) narcissism affects a firm's share repurchase announcements and their implementations. Using signature characteristics as a measure of narcissism, we find that US firms with narcissist CEOs are more likely to make repurchase announcements and announce higher repurchase dollar amounts. However, these firms are less likely to follow through. Actual repurchases by these firms are less frequent, and they use a smaller amount of cash for share buyback because they have a higher cashflow sensitivity of cash. Narcissist CEOs’ repurchase announcements are less driven by market timing and have a lower announcement effect compared to those by other CEOs. The higher rate and amount of repurchase announcements are more pronounced in poorly governed firms with narcissistic CEOs. These results are robust to various specifications including a difference‐in‐difference set‐up using CEOs’ exogenous turnover, controlling for other CEO traits and using an alternative measure of narcissism based on pronoun usage in CEO communications. Collectively, the results presented in this study demonstrate that narcissist CEOs play a critical role in the intensity of share repurchase announcements and their executions, particularly for firms with weaker governance structures.

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Narcissism through the lens of performative self-elevation

Cited by 11 publications

References 28 publications

Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems

Anabolic–androgenic steroid use is associated with psychopathy, risk-taking, anger, and physical problems

The influence of affluence on prosocial behavior

The beguiling behaviour of narcissistic CEOs: Evidence from repurchase announcements

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