Self-focused and feeling fine: Assessing state narcissism and its relation to well-being

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-21

  Giacomin, Miranda ^a   Jordan, Christian H ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Narcissism; Personality; Personality stability; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964840136     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.04.009     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Alessandri G., Vecchione M., Donnellan B.M., Tisak J. An application of the LC-LSTM framework to the self-esteem instability case. Psychometrika 2013, 78(4):769-792.
2. Alessandri G., Zuffianò A., Vecchione M., Donnellan B.M., Tisak J. Evaluating the temporal structure and correlates of daily self-esteem using a trait sate error framework (TSE). Self and Identity 2016, 1-19. 10.1080/15298868.2015.1137223.
3. 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. 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.03.002.
4. Besser A., Zeigler-Hill V. The influence of pathological narcissism on emotional and motivational responses to negative events: The roles of visibility and concern about humiliation. Journal of Research in Personality 2010, 44(4):520-534. 10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.006.
5. Bogart L.M., Benotsch E.G., Pavlovic J.D.P. Feeling superior but threatened: The relation of narcissism to social comparison. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 2004, 26(1):35-44. 10.1207/s15324834basp2601_4.
6. Bushman B.J., Baumeister R.F. Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaces aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, 75:219-229. 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.219.
7. Cain N.M., Pincus A.L., Ansell E.B. Narcissism at the crossroads: Phenotypic description of pathological narcissism across clinical theory, social/personality psychology, and psychiatric diagnosis. Clinical Psychology Review 2008, 28:638-656. 10.1016/j.cpr.2007.09.006.
8. Campbell W.K., Foster J.D. The narcissistic self: Background, an extended agency model, and ongoing controversies. Frontiers in social psychology: The self 2007, Psychology Press, Philadelphia, PA. C. Sedikides, S. Spencer (Eds.).
9. Campbell W.K., Miller J.D. The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatments 2011, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
10. Carlson E.N. Honestly arrogant or simply misunderstood? Narcissists' awareness of their narcissism. Self and Identity 2013, 12:259-277. 10.1080/15298868.2012.659427.
11. Carlson E.N., Vazire S., Oltmanns T.F. You probably think this paper's about you: Narcissists' perceptions of their personality and reputation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2011, 101:185-201. 10.1037/a0023781.
12. Carver C.S., Harmon-Jones E. Anger is an approach-related affect: Evidence and implications. Psychological Bulletin 2009, 135:183-204. 10.1037/a0013965.
13. Church A.T., Katigbak M.S., Ching C.M., Zhang H., Shen J., Arias R.M., Mastor K.A. Within-individual variability in self-concepts and personality states: Applying density distribution and situation-behavior approaches across cultures. Journal of Research in Personality 2013, 47(6):922-935. 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.09.002.
14. Diener E.D., Emmons R.A., Larsen R.J., Griffin S. The satisfaction with life scale. Journal of Personality Assessment 1985, 49(1):71-75. 10.1207/s15327752jpa4901_13.
15. Diener E., Suh E.M., Lucas R.E., Smith H.L. Subjective well-being: Three decades of progress: 1967 to 1997. Psychological Bulletin 1999, 125:276-302. 10.1037/0033-2909.125.2.276.
16. Emmons R.A. Narcissism: Theory and measurement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1987, 52:11. 10.1037/0022-3514.52.1.11.
17. Fleeson W. Toward a structure-and process-integrated view of personality: Traits as density distributions of states. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2001, 80(6):1011-1027. 10.1037/0022-3514.80.6.1011.
18. Fleeson W. Situation-based contingencies underlying trait-content manifestation in behaviour. Journal of Personality 2007, 75:825-862.
19. Fleeson W., Malanos A.B., Achille N.M. An intraindividual process approach to the relationship between extraversion and positive affect: Is acting extraverted as "good" as being extraverted?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2002, 83:1409-1422.
20. Foster J.D., Brennan J.C. Narcissism, the agency model, and approach-avoidance motivation. The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder 2010, 89-100. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ. W.K. Campbell, J.D. Miller (Eds.).
21. Gentile B., Twenge J.M., Freeman E.C., Campbell W.K. The effect of social networking websites on positive self-views: An experimental investigation. Computers in Human Behavior 2012, 28:1929-1933.
22. Giacomin M., Jordan C.H. Down-regulating narcissistic tendencies: Communal focus reduces state narcissism. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2014, 40:488-500. 10.1177/0146167213516635.
23. Giacomin M., Jordan C.H. The wax and wane of narcissism: Grandiose narcissism as a process or state. Journal of Personality 2016, 84:154-164. 10.1111/jopy.12148.
24. Gough H.G., Heilbrun A.B. The adjective check list manual 1983, Consulting Psychologists Press.
25. Heller D., Komar J., Lee W.B. The dynamics of personality states, goals, and well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2007, 33:898-910. 10.1177/0146167207301010.
26. Hendin H.M., Cheek J.M. Assessing hypersensitive narcissism: A reexamination of Murray's Narcism Scale. Journal of Research in Personality 1997, 31:588-599. 10.1006/jrpe.1997.2204.
27. Jordan C.H., Giacomin M., Kopp L. Let go of your (inflated) ego: Caring more about others reduces narcissistic tendencies. Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2014, 8:511-523. 10.1111/spc3.12128.
28. Kernberg O. Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism 1975, Jason Aronson, New York.
29. Kohut H. The restoration of the self 1976, International Universities Press, New York.
30. Konrath S., Meier B.P., Bushman B.J. Development and validation of the single item narcissism scale (SINS). PLoS ONE 2014, 10.1371/journal.pone.0103469.
31. Li C., Sun Y., Ho M.Y., You J., Shaver P.R., Wong Z. State narcissism and aggression: The mediating roles of anger and hostile attribution bias. Aggressive Behavior 2015, 9999:1-13. 10.1002/ab.21629.
32. McNeil J.M., Lowman J.C., Fleeson W. The effect of state extraversion on four types of affect. European Journal of Personality 2010, 24:18-35. 10.1002/per.738.
33. Miller J.D., Lynam D.R., Campbell W.K. Measures of narcissism and their relation to DSM-5 pathological traits: A critical reappraisal. Assessment 2014, 10.1177/1073191114522909.
34. Mischel W., Shoda Y. A cognitive-affective system theory of personality: Reconceptualizing situations, dispositions, dynamics, and invariance in personality structure. Psychological Review 1995, 102:246-268. 10.1037/0033-295X.102.2.246.
35. Morf C.C., Rhodewalt F. Unraveling the paradoxes of narcissism: A dynamic self-regulatory processing model. Psychological Inquiry 2001, 12:177-196. 10.1207/S15327965PLI1204_1.
36. Morf C.C., Torchetti L., Schürch E. Narcissism from the perspective of the dynamic self-regulatory processing model. The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatment 2011, 56-70.
37. Pincus A.L., Ansell E.B., Pimentel C.A., Cain N.M., Wright A.G., Levy K.N. Initial construction and validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory. Psychological Assessment 2009, 21:365-379. 10.1037/a0016530.
38. Pincus A.L., Lukowitsky M.R. Pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology 2010, 6:421-446. 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.121208.131215.
39. Pincus A.L, Roche M.J Narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability. The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatment 2011, 31-40.
40. 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. 10.1037/0022-3514.54.5.890.
41. Rhodewalt F., Madrian J.C., Cheney S. Narcissism, self-knowledge organization, and emotional reactivity: The effect of daily experiences on self-esteem and affect. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1998, 24:75-87. 10.1177/0146167298241006.
42. Rhodewalt F., Morf C.C. Reflections in troubled waters: Narcissism and the vicissitudes of an interpersonally contextualized self. On building, defending and regulating the self: A psychological perspective 2005, 127-151. Psychology Press, New York, NY. A. Tesser, J.V. Wood, D.A. Stapel (Eds.).
43. Robins R.W., Hendin H.M., Trzesniewski K.H. Measuring global self-esteem: Construct validation of a single-item measure and the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 2001, 27:151-161. 10.1177/0146167201272002.
44. Rose P. The happy and unhappy faces of narcissism. Personality and Individual Differences 2002, 33:379-391. 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00162-3.
45. Rosenberg M. Society and the adolescent self-image 1965, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
46. Sakellaropoulo M., Baldwin M.W. The hidden sides of self-esteem: Two dimensions of implicit self-esteem and their relation to narcissistic reactions. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2007, 43:995-1001. 10.1016/j.jesp.2006.10.009.
47. 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. 10.1037/0022-3514.87.3.400.
48. Tritt S.M., Ryder A.G., Ring A.J., Pincus A.L. Pathological narcissism and the depressive temperament. Journal of Affective Disorders 2010, 122(3):280-284. 10.1016/j.jad.2009.09.006.
49. Watson P.J., Biderman M.D. Narcissistic personality inventory factors, splitting, and self-consciousness. Journal of Personality Assessment 1993, 61:41-57. 10.1207/s15327752jpa6101_4.
50. Watson D., Clark L.A. The PANAS-X: Manual for the positive and negative affect schedule-expanded form 1999.
51. Watson D., Clark L.A., Tellegen A. Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1988, 54:1063-1070. 10.1037/0022-3514.54.6.1063.
52. Wink P. Three narcissism scales for the California Q-set. Journal of Personality Assessment 1992, 58(1):51-66. 10.1207/s15327752jpa5801_5.