Vulnerable narcissism and addiction: The mediating role of shame

Bilevicius, Elena; Neufeld, Darren C.; Single, Alanna; Foot, Melody; Ellery, Michael; Keough, Matthew T.; Johnson, Edward

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.12.035

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“…Initial support for the connection between narcissism and exercise addiction has been observed [1,30], which has led to speculation that narcissism may be one of the key personality features for predicting exercise addiction [31]. The observed connections between narcissism and exercise addiction are consistent with other research showing narcissism to be associated with a range of addiction-related issues including problematic substance use [32][33][34][35][36] and gambling [32,[37][38][39]. In addition, narcissism has been shown to be associated with elevated levels of exercise behaviors [40] and appearance-related concerns [41,42], which are consistent with the possibility that it may serve as a risk factor for exercise addiction.…”

Section: Narcissism and Exercise Addictionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

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Gabay

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The present research examined whether the associations that narcissistic personality features had with exercise addiction were mediated by particular motives for engaging in exercise in a large Israeli community sample (N = 2629). The results revealed that each aspect of narcissism was positively associated with exercise addiction. Narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry had similar positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through the interpersonal motive for exercise. However, these aspects of narcissism diverged in their indirect associations with exercise addiction through psychological motives, body-related motives, and fitness motives for exercise such that these indirect associations were positive for narcissistic admiration but negative for narcissistic rivalry. Narcissistic vulnerability had positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through body-related motives and fitness motives that were similar to those observed for narcissistic admiration. These results suggest that exercise-related motives may play important roles in the associations that narcissistic personality features have with exercise addiction. The discussion will focus on the implications of these results for understanding the complex connections between narcissism and exercise addiction.

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Section: Narcissism and Exercise Addictionsupporting

confidence: 78%

Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

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Gabay

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“…Grandiose narcissism is associated with substance use—particularly alcohol—in nonclinical groups (10, 21–25) and is elevated in substance use disorder groups (26). Vulnerable narcissism is also associated with substance use in nonclinical groups (21). Accordingly, pathological narcissism (concurrent grandiosity and vulnerability) was found to be substantially associated with alcohol and drug use (27, 28).…”

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Addiction and the Dark Triad of Personality

Jauk

Dieterich

2019

Front. Psychiatry

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In this article, we review associations between the Dark Triad of personality (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and addictive behaviors, both substance-related and non-substance-related. We summarize evidence from personality and clinical research and integrate it with prevailing models of addiction. Specifically, we discuss addictive behavior in the light of affect regulation, which is likely more relevant in narcissism, as well as inhibitory deficits, a putative mechanism in psychopathy. These mechanisms can be related to central motives of the respective personality constructs, such as stabilization of self-esteem in narcissism and impulsive stimulation seeking in psychopathy. We conclude that different mechanisms might lead to similar observable behavior in narcissism and psychopathy at earlier stages of the addiction cycle, but psychopathic disinhibition might be particularly relevant at later stages. This underpins the importance of considering personality factors for the understanding and treatment of addiction.

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“…The findings of Bilevicius et al (7) showed that people with severe depression experienced higher levels of shame associated with increased alcohol abuse and gambling-related problems. Bilevicius et al (8) reported that shame played a crucial role in the tendency to exhibit addictive behaviors.…”

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Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention Group Therapy and Treatment as Usual on Shame and Self-criticism in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: A Comparative Investigation

Asadi

Imani

Fathabadi

et al. 2022

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background: Shame and self-criticism are two variables that refer to negative self-assessment. Such negative self-assessments cause unpleasant emotions, which are among the known factors involved in drug abuse and relapse. Objectives: This study aimed to compare mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) group therapy and treatment as usual (TAU) in terms of their effect on shame and self-criticism in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). Patients and Methods: The current quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest and follow-up design was conducted on 36 patients who met the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5) criteria for OUD. The participants were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received a combination of MBRP group therapy and TAU, and the other group was treated only by TAU. The participants filled out the Other as Shamer Scale and the Forms of Self-Criticizing/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale in the pretest, posttest, and follow-up stages. The data were statistically analyzed using a mixed-design analysis of variance. Results: Our results indicated that the mean score of shame significantly decreased in the follow-up compared to pretest and posttest. Moreover, the combination of MBRP group therapy and TAU was significantly more effective than TAU alone. The posttest and follow-up mean scores of the participants who received a combination of MBRP group therapy and TAU were significantly lower than those treated only with TAU. Conclusions: The study results showed that MBRP could be considered an effective therapeutic approach for reducing shame and self-criticism in individuals with OUD.

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Vulnerable narcissism and addiction: The mediating role of shame

Cited by 39 publications

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Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

Addiction and the Dark Triad of Personality

Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Relapse Prevention Group Therapy and Treatment as Usual on Shame and Self-criticism in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder: A Comparative Investigation

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