Narcissism and implicit attention seeking: Evidence from linguistic analyses of social networking and online presentation

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Nathan DeWall, C ^a   Buffardi, Laura E ^b   Bonser, Ian ^a   Keith Campbell, W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensation; Linguistic inquiry word count; Narcissism; Online communication; Social networking; Word use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954619540     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Ames D.R., Rose P., Anderson C.P. The NPI-16 as a short measure of narcissism. Journal of Research in Personality 2006, 40:440-450.
2. Anderson C.A., Bushman B.J. Human aggression. Annual Review of Psychology 2002, 53:27-51.
3. Brown R.P., Zeigler-Hill V. Narcissism and the nonequivalence of self-esteem measures: A matter of dominance?. Journal of Research in Personality 2004, 38:585-592.
4. Buffardi L.E., Campbell W.K. Narcissism and social networking web sites. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2008, 34:1303-1314.
5. Bushman B.J., Baumeister R.F. Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, 75:219-229.
6. Buss D.M., Chiodo L.M. Narcissistic acts in everyday life. Journal of Personality 1991, 59:179-215.
7. Campbell W.K. Narcissism and romantic attraction. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1999, 77:1254-1270.
8. Campbell W.K., Bonacci A.M., Shelton J., Exline J.J., Bushman B.J. Psychological entitlement: Interpersonal consequences and validation of a self-report measure. Journal of Personality Assessment 2004, 83:29-45.
9. Campbell W.K., Bosson J.K., Goheen T.W., Lakey C.E., Kernis M.H. Do narcissists dislike themselves "deep down inside" ?. Psychological Science 2007, 18:227-229.
10. Campbell W.K., Foster C.A., Finkel E.J. Does self-love lead to love for others? A story of narcissistic game playing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2002, 83:340-354.
11. Campbell W.K., Rudich E., Sedikides C. Narcissism, self-esteem, and the positivity of self-views: Two portraits of self-love. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2002, 28:358-368.
12. Epley N., Kruger J. When what you type isn't what they read: The perseverance of stereotypes and expectancies over e-mail. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2005, 41:414-422.
13. Foster J.D., Campbell W.K., Twenge J.M. Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world. Journal of Research in Personality 2003, 37:469-486.
14. Foster J.D., Shrira I., Campbell W.K. Theoretical models of narcissism, sexuality, and relationship commitment. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2006, 23:367-386.
15. Holtzman N.S., Vazire S., Mehl M.R. Sounds like a narcissist: Behavioral manifestations of narcissism in everyday life. Journal of Research in Personality 2010, 44:478-484.
16. Marcus B., Machilek F., Schütz A. Personality in cyberspace. Personal websites as media for personality expressions and impressions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2006, 90:1014-1031.
17. Mehl M.R. Quantitative text analysis. Handbook of multimethod measurement in psychology 2006, 141-156. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. M. Eid, E. Diener (Eds.).
18. Miller J.D., Campbell W.K. Comparing clinical and social-personality conceptualizations of narcissism. Journal of Personality 2008, 76:449-476.
19. Oltmanns T.F., Friedman J.N., Fiedler E.R., Turkheimer E. Perceptions of people with personality disorders based on thin slices of behavior. Journal of Research in Personality 2004, 38:216-229.
20. Pennebaker J.W., Booth R.J., Francis M.E. Linguistic inquiry and word count: LIWC 2007 2007, LIWC, Austin, TX.
21. Pennebaker J.W., Mehl M.R., Niederhoffer K. Psychological aspects of natural language use: Our words, our selves. Annual Review of Psychology 2003, 54:547-577.
22. Raskin R., Shaw R. Narcissism and the use of personal pronouns. Journal of Personality 1988, 56:393-404.
23. Raskin R., Terry H. A principal-components analysis of the narcissistic personality inventory and further evidence of its construct validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1988, 54:890-902.
24. Schmitt D.P., Buss D.M. Human mate poaching: Tactics and temptations for infiltrating existing relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2001, 80:894-917.
25. Sedikides C., Rudich E.A., Gregg A.P., Kumashiro M., Rusbult C. Are normal narcissists psychologically healthy?: Self-esteem matters. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2004, 87:400-416.
26. Vazire S., Naumann L.P., Rentfrow P.J., Gosling S.D. Portrait of a narcissist: Manifestations of narcissism in physical appearance. Journal of Research in Personality 2008, 42:1439-1447.
27. Wallace H.M., Baumeister R.F. The performance of narcissists rises and falls with perceived opportunity for glory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2002, 82:819-834.