The relationship of narcissism with tendency to react with anger and hostility: The roles of neuroticism and emotion regulation ability

Abstract

The present study examined the relationship of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism with dispositional anger and hostility. We investigated the roles of neuroticism, emotional intelligence, and gender in this relationship, using a sample of 405 participants. The results indicated that vulnerable narcissism was associated with a higher tendency toward anger and hostility, and that neuroticism accounted for a large part of this association. Poor emotion managing, known as strategic emotion regulation ability, also played a role in hostility related to vulnerable narcissism, especially among men. When emotional stability was controlled for, grandiose narcissism showed links to anger and hostility. We concluded that high neuroticism and poor emotion regulation abilities among vulnerable narcissists contribute to increased anger/hostility, whereas emotional stability likely protects grandiose narcissists against these internal aspects of aggression. The significant relationships between both forms of narcissism with aggression, remaining after neuroticism and emotion regulation were accounted for, suggest that there is another underlying source of this link. Finally, we found that controlling for interindividual differences in neuroticism significantly increased the relationship between vulnerable and grandiose narcissism, suggesting the existence of the common core of narcissism.

Inteligencja w codziennym życiu

“…Jeden obszar takich dociekań skupia się na zagrażaniu ego danej osoby poprzez udzielenie negatywnej (zazwyczaj nieprawdziwej) informacji zwrotnej na temat poziomu jej inteligencji. Ogólnie u większości ludzi informacja, że w teście inteligencji wypadają gorzej niż inni, obniża ich samopoczucie (Hart, Adams, Tortoriello, 2017;Maciantowicz, Zajenkowski, 2020;Rhodewalt, Morf, 1998;Stucke, Sporer, 2002). Jednakże procedury zagrażania ego stosowane są, zwłaszcza wobec osób, co do których wiadomo, że inteligencja może stanowić dla nich dużą wartość.…”

Differences in Driving Anger among Professional Drivers: A Cross-Cultural Study

“…Although it can be an adaptive emotion, high trait anger is in many instances accompanied by significant adverse outcomes [ 2 , 3 , 4 ]. For example, dysfunctional anger can negatively the cognitive ability and attentional processes [ 5 , 6 ], reduce behavioural inhibition [ 7 ], induce sarcasm [ 8 ] and vulnerable narcissism [ 9 ] or inflate the feeling of competence and cognitive ability [ 10 ]. Moreover, there is also evidence that uncontrolled anger may result in maladaptive behavioural consequences on the roads, such as aggressive and risky driving tendencies [ 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ].…”

Hostile Attribution Biases in Vulnerable Narcissists Depends on the Socio-Relational Context

“…Both forms of narcissism are associated with aggression; grandiose with proactive and reactive aggression, and vulnerable with reactive (Vize et al, 2019). However, only the second type of narcissism is connected to internal aspects of aggression (Czarna et al, 2019). Unlike grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism appears to be a defensive attitude leading to a heightened sense of hostility from others which often leads to anger (Krizan & Johar, 2015; Wink, 1991).…”

“…Most of the unfavorable and socially undesirable features of narcissism may stem from an inferiority complex in what is called vulnerable narcissism (Miller et al, 2011;Wink, 1991). This form of narcissism is derived from an elevated level of neuroticism, based largely on anxiousness along with threatening and hostile perceptions of reality (Czarna et al, 2019;Dickinson & Pincus, 2003;Miller, et al, 2018). In contrast, grandiose narcissism positively correlates with extraversion, while negatively correlates with neuroticism and agreeableness (Miller et al, 2010(Miller et al, , 2011.…”