“…Alternatively, this may be a transitional profile that many people fall into at some point within their life-span, perhaps after experiencing negative life events, but move out of over time. Similarly, while the narcissistic self-esteem class currently has high self-esteem, they may not in the future (Orth & Luciano, 2015), particularly considering that narcissists' self-esteem is more reactive to external events and shows more fluctuation (Morf & Rhodewalt, 2001). Finally, there remains the question of whether membership in the narcissistic self-esteem profile is growing over time, as narcissism has been found to be increasing in some research (Twenge, 2013), but remaining stable in others (Trzesniewski & Donnellan, 2010).…”