Five studies established that normal narcissism is correlated with good psychological health. Specifically, narcissism is (a) inversely related to daily sadness and dispositional depression, (b) inversely related to daily and dispositional loneliness, (c) positively related to daily and dispositional subjective well-being as well as couple well-being, (d) inversely related to daily anxiety, and...

Article history: Received 30 November 2015 Accepted 4 January 2016 Available online 16 January 2016 We examined the effect of social support and coercion on risk taking associatedwith the Dark Triad. Participants brought a picture into the lab of an individual who calmed them (social support) or stressed them (coercion). Theywere then randomly assigned to place one of these pictures beside a co...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.011 ⇑ Tel.: +1 309 298 1622; fax: +1 309 298 2369. E-mail address: [email protected] A survey (N = 292) was conducted that measured self-promoting Facebook behaviors (e.g. posting status updates and photos of oneself, updating profile information) and several anti-social behaviors (e.g. seeking social support more ...

Little research has examined different dimensions of narcissism that may parallel psychopathy facets in criminally involved individuals. In this study, we examined the pattern of relationships between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, assessed using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 and the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, respectively, and the four facets of psychopathy (interperson...

Article history: Received 30 November 2015 Received in revised form 4 March 2016 Accepted 10 March 2016 Available online xxxx Previous research has linked narcissism with work-related burnout; however, no extant research has explored the relationship between narcissism and school-related burnout. From the standpoint of social mentality theory, narcissism may stem from an overactive threat syste...

This research investigated effects of narcissism and emotional intelligence (EI) on popularity in social networks. In a longitudinal field study, we examined the dynamics of popularity in 15 peer groups in two waves (N = 273). We measured narcissism, ability EI, and explicit and implicit self-esteem. In addition, we measured popularity at zero acquaintance and 3 months later. We analyzed the da...

We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and describe a significant criterion problem related to four inconsistencies in phenotypic descriptions and taxonomic models across clinical theory, research, and practice; psychiatric diagnosis; and social/personality psychology. This impedes scientific synthesis, weakens narcissism's nomological ne...

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.03.036 ⇑ Corresponding author. Address: School of Psychol AVG08 Aviation Building, University Drive, Callaghan +61 4 3263 2341; fax: +61 2 4921 6980. E-mail address: [email protected] (L. H Narcissism is increasingly recognised as a heterogeneous construct, with two dimensions of narcissistic dysfu...

Five studies established that normal narcissism is correlated with good psychological health. Specifically, narcissism is (a) inversely related to daily sadness and dispositional depression, (b) inversely related to daily and dispositional loneliness, (c) positively related to daily and dispositional subjective well-being as well as couple well-being, (d) inversely related to daily anxiety, and...