The many faces of narcissism: Narcissism factors and their predictive utility

Clarke, Indako E.; Karlov, Lisa; Neale, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.021

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“…This means women are more likely to have high self-esteem but low entitlement, while men are more likely to have high self-regard overall. This fits with research consistently showing that men tend to have higher levels of narcissism and selfesteem than women (Campbell et al, 2004;Clarke et al, 2015;Foster, Campbell, & Twenge, 2003). Interestingly, this was the only profile difference predicted by gender.…”

Section: Demographicssupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Some argue that by defining adaptive traits as part of narcissism, measures of narcissism such as the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) are also directly measuring self-esteem which therefore accounts for narcissism's relationship with positive psychosocial outcomes (Brown et al, 2009;Rosenthal & Hooley, 2010). When separating out maladaptive elements of narcissism such as Entitlement/Exploitativeness, research shows weak or even negative relationships with self-esteem Clarke, Karlov, & Neale, 2015;Zeigler-Hill & Besser, 2012). Thus, the moderate positive relationship found between narcissism and self-esteem (Bosson et al, 2008) may be concealing some of the negative consequences of narcissism.…”

Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, researchers have been calling for a move towards using individual facets of narcissism rather than thinking of narcissism as a single overarching factor (Clarke et al, 2015;Zeigler-Hill & Besser, 2012). Narcissism can be conceptualised as two distinct dimensions, with contrasting relationships with self-esteem: grandiose/overt narcissism which is largely adaptive and measured using the NPI, and vulnerable/covert narcissism, which is largely maladaptive and measured using the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI; Cain, Pincus, & Ansell, 2008;Miller et al, 2011;Pincus et al, 2009;Rose, 2002;Wink, 1991).…”

Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Narcissism can be conceptualised as two distinct dimensions, with contrasting relationships with self-esteem: grandiose/overt narcissism which is largely adaptive and measured using the NPI, and vulnerable/covert narcissism, which is largely maladaptive and measured using the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI; Cain, Pincus, & Ansell, 2008;Miller et al, 2011;Pincus et al, 2009;Rose, 2002;Wink, 1991). These dimensions have been identified in both clinical and social areas of research (Cain et al, 2008), and form separate factors consistently across measures (Clarke et al, 2015).…”

Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Entitlement and narcissism tend to be higher in men (Campbell et al, 2004;Clarke et al, 2015), as well as negatively associated with age (Foster, Campbell, & Twenge, 2003;Wilson & Sibley, 2011). A recent meta-analysis also found that men tend to be more narcissistic than women, and that this difference remained stable across time and different age groups (Grijalva, et al, 2015).…”

Section: Demographic Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Narcissistic self-esteem or optimal self-esteem? A Latent Profile Analysis of self-esteem and psychological entitlement

Stronge

Cichocka

Sibley

2016

Journal of Research in Personality

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Section: Demographicssupporting

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Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Self-esteem and Narcissismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Narcissistic self-esteem or optimal self-esteem? A Latent Profile Analysis of self-esteem and psychological entitlement

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Sibley

2016

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Early treatment narcissism associated with later social and sexual functioning among psychotherapy clients

Bell

Jankowski

Sandage

2018

Couns and Psychother Res

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Background Narcissism is a significant mental health concern with some evidence of rising prevalence rates in the United States. Treatments have been theorised, yet empirical research documenting psychotherapy effectiveness is lacking. To begin to address this gap, we used an exploratory, practice‐based design and investigated whether adults’ narcissistic symptom scores would decrease during outpatient treatment. Methodology Treatment occurred at a community mental health clinic in the North‐eastern United States and consisted of a contemporary relational psychoanalytic approach. We used paired‐sample t tests to examine whether narcissism improved from time 1 to time 2 and conducted path analysis of a cross‐lagged panel model for a half‐longitudinal design to determine mediation among variables. Results Data analyses revealed that narcissism scores improved during psychotherapy treatment, as did depression, social conflict and sexual functioning from time 1 to time 2. Findings suggested that depression mediated the association between time 1 narcissism and later sexual functioning and levels of social conflict. Conclusions Findings lay the groundwork for future longitudinal designs and highlight the importance of assessing connections between clients’ narcissistic symptoms and (a) mood regulation difficulties and (b) patterns of psychosocial impairment in social conflict and sexual functioning.

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Individualized prediction of trait narcissism from whole‐brain resting‐state functional connectivity

Feng

Yuan

Geng

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Human Brain Mapping

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Narcissism is one of the most fundamental personality traits in which individuals in general population exhibit a large heterogeneity. Despite a surge of interest in examining behavioral characteristics of narcissism in the past decades, the neurobiological substrates underlying narcissism remain poorly understood. Here, we addressed this issue by applying a machine learning approach to decode trait narcissism from whole-brain resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) data were acquired for a large sample comprising 155 healthy adults, each of whom was assessed for trait narcissism. Using a linear prediction model, we examined the relationship between whole-brain RSFC and trait narcissism. We demonstrated that the machine-learning model was able to decode individual trait narcissism from RSFC across multiple neural systems, including functional connectivity between and within limbic and prefrontal systems as well as their connectivity with other networks. Key nodes that contributed to the prediction model included the amygdala, prefrontal and anterior cingulate regions that have been linked to trait narcissism. These findings remained robust using different validation procedures. Our findings thus demonstrate that RSFC among multiple neural systems predicts trait narcissism at the individual level.

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The many faces of narcissism: Narcissism factors and their predictive utility

Cited by 48 publications

References 23 publications

Narcissistic self-esteem or optimal self-esteem? A Latent Profile Analysis of self-esteem and psychological entitlement

Narcissistic self-esteem or optimal self-esteem? A Latent Profile Analysis of self-esteem and psychological entitlement

Early treatment narcissism associated with later social and sexual functioning among psychotherapy clients

Individualized prediction of trait narcissism from whole‐brain resting‐state functional connectivity

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