The development of narcissistic admiration and machiavellianism in early adulthood.

Grosz, Michael P.; Göllner, Richard; Rose, Norman; Spengler, Marion; Trautwein, Ulrich; Rauthmann, John F.; Wetzel, Eunike; Roberts, Brent W.

doi:10.1037/pspp0000174

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“…The latter result was attributed to narcissistic individuals' toxic interpersonal style (Raskin & Terry, 1988) and impulsivity (Vazire & Funder, 2006). Similarly, Grosz et al (2017) found that young adults higher in narcissistic admiration experienced more negative agentic events (i.e., events that participants evaluated negatively and that experts rated as high in agency, such as those "related to competence, extraversion, uniqueness, separation, and focus on the self," p. 3).…”

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You’re still so vain: Changes in narcissism from young adulthood to middle age.

Wetzel¹,

Grijalva²,

Robins³

et al. 2020

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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To date, there have been no long-term longitudinal studies of continuity and change in narcissism. This study investigated rank-order consistency and mean-level changes in overall narcissism and three of its facets (leadership, vanity, entitlement) over a 23-year period spanning young adulthood (Mage=18; N = 486) to midlife (Mage=41; N = 237). We also investigated whether life experiences predicted changes in narcissism from young adulthood to midlife, and whether young adult narcissism predicted life experiences assessed in midlife. Narcissism and its facets showed strong rank-order consistency from age 18 to 41, with latent correlations ranging from .61 to .85. We found mean-level decreases in overall narcissism (d =-0.79) and all three facets, namely leadership (d =-0.67), vanity (d =-0.46), and entitlement (d =-0.82). Participants who were in supervisory positions showed smaller decreases in leadership, and participants who experienced more unstable relationships and who were physically healthier showed smaller decreases in vanity from young adulthood to middle age. Analyses of the long-term correlates of narcissism showed that young adults with higher narcissism and leadership levels were more likely to be in supervisory positions in middle age. Young adults with higher vanity levels had fewer children and were more likely to divorce by middle age. Together, the findings suggest that people tend to become less narcissistic from young adulthood to middle age, and the magnitude of this decline is related to the particular career and family pathways a person pursues during this stage of life.

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confidence: 94%

You’re still so vain: Changes in narcissism from young adulthood to middle age.

Wetzel¹,

Grijalva²,

Robins³

et al. 2020

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“…Unfortunately, it has been difficult to draw many conclusions from the studies that have examined longitudinal changes in narcissism across life. For example, studies of individuals followed over 4-and 10 years during young adulthood reveal declines in narcissism, providing some support for the social investment model's prediction of increased maturity as young adulthood ends (K. S. Carlson & Gjerde, 2009;Grosz et al, 2017). Studies beyond adulthood are exceptionally rare.…”

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Longitudinal changes and historic differences in narcissism from adolescence to older adulthood.

Chopik

Grimm

2019

Psychology and Aging

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In the debate about whether or not narcissism has been increasing in recent history, there is a lack of basic information about how narcissism changes across the adult lifespan. Existing research relies on cross-sectional samples, purposely restricts samples to include only college students, or follows one group of individuals over a short period of time. In the current study, we addressed many of these limitations by examining how narcissism changed longitudinally in a sample of 747 participants (72.3% female) from age 13 to age 77 across six samples of participants born between 1923 and 1969. Narcissism was moderately stable across the lifespan (rs ranged from .37 to .52), to a comparable degree as other psychological characteristics. We found that more maladaptive forms of narcissism (e.g., hypersensitivity, willfulness) declined across life and individual autonomy increased across life. More later-born birth-cohorts were lower in hypersensitivity and higher in autonomy compared to earlier-born birth-cohorts; these differences were most apparent among those born after the 1930s. The results are discussed in the context of the mechanisms that drive both changes in narcissism across the lifespan and substantive differences in narcissism between historical periods. . Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?

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“…Hence, we responded to recent calls in management (e.g., Grijalva & Harms, 2014;Tasselli et al, 2018) and personality (e.g., Grosz et al, 2019) literatures to investigate the developmental paths of this critical domain of personality functioning.…”

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“…Instead, such age differences have mainly been used to inform the debate on the (non-)existence of generational differences in narcissism (e.g., Roberts et al, 2010;Trzesniewski, Donnellan, & Robins, 2008a;2008b). In addition to this cross-sectional work, and more relevant to the current study, a handful of investigations have looked at within-person changes in narcissism using longitudinal designs in which participants are tracked across several years during young adulthood (i.e., under age 30) (Carlson & Gjerde, 2009;Grosz et al, 2019;Orth & Luciano, 2015). Across all three studies, virtually no mean-level intraindividual change in narcissism was observed during early adulthood.…”

Section: Reciprocal Relationships Over Two Decadesmentioning

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“…Turning to the conditions that may influence narcissism development, Grosz et al (2019) considered 30 discrete life events that may explain differences between people in intraindividual change in narcissism, including some events that relate to people's work life (e.g., starting a new job). However, much of this work was exploratory in nature and it was conceptually unclear how several of the considered life events are related to narcissism development.…”

Section: Reciprocal Relationships Over Two Decadesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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