Narcissism and Perceived Inequity in Attractiveness in Romantic Relationships

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elke Rohmann ◽  
Hans-Werner Bierhoff ◽  
Martina Schmohr
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Gender Effect ◽  
Dyadic Analysis ◽  
Dyadic Data ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Intraclass Correlations ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Additional Variance

In three studies of romantic relationships (N = 253, N = 81, and N = 98) the hypothesis was tested that high narcissists, relative to low narcissists, distort the assessment of equity in attractiveness. Narcissism was measured by the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. In Study 1 the hypothesis was confirmed. In Study 2 it was shown that although narcissism correlated significantly with self-esteem, it was the unique variance in narcissism which predicted the tendency to feel underbenefited in respect to attractiveness. Finally in Study 3, dyadic data were analyzed on the basis of the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model. The data of 49 couples who lived together were included. The dyadic analysis indicated that actor narcissism exerted the expected influence on perceived inequity in attractiveness, whereas partner narcissism explained no additional variance. High narcissists felt more underbenefited than low narcissists. The analysis of dyadic data in Study 3 indicates that the link between narcissism and equity in attractiveness turns out to be an intrapersonal phenomenon because only actor narcissism, not partner narcissism, is significantly correlated with perceived inequity. In addition, partial intraclass correlations revealed that if one partner tended to feel underbenefited, the other partner tended to feel overbenefited. The results are explained on the basis of the agentic model of narcissism. All three studies consistently revealed a gender effect indicating that women felt more underbenefited than men in terms of attractiveness.

scholarly journals NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY – POSSIBILITY OF APPLICATION ON A SERBIAN POPULATION

2017 ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Milica Ristić ◽  
Vladimir Hedrih ◽  
Snežana Stojiljković
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Scale Score ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Alpha Coefficient ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Total Scale Score

The main goal of this research was to investigate some of the psychometric properties of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory – reliability, applicability of a seven-factor structure and its construct validity for a sample of the Serbian population. For this purpose, a 40-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory – NPI and Rosenberg’s Global Self-esteem scale were distributed via internet to 150 participants of both sexes, aged 19 – 56. Investigation of internal consistency of NPI was satisfactory – Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.87. Also, the seven-factor structure of NPI found with the American sample did not correspond well to the factor structure found in the present study. The total scale score correlated with self-esteem, thereby supporting the validity of the scale.

Psychometric Properties of a French Version of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory in Young Adults

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Potard ◽  
Baptiste Lignier ◽  
Audrey Henry
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analyses ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
French Version ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Abstract. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) is widely used in social and personality psychology. The present study validates a French version of the NPI (NPI-Fr) for use with young adults. Respondents (N = 1275, Mage = 21.83, SD = 4.97) completed the NPI and two other convergent measures (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and French version of the Big Five Inventory) for three validation steps. Exploratory factor analyses yielded evidence for a structure with either two (Power/Authority, Exhibitionism/Self-Admiration) or four (Leadership/Authority, Grandiosity/Exhibitionism, Special Person, Exploitativeness/Entitlement) first-order factors for the NPI. Confirmatory factor analyses supported the 33-item four-factor model, with moderate model fit indices (χ2/df = 2.04, RMSEA = .058, CFI = .90, GFI = .85). We found significant positive correlations (r = .11 to .44) with self-esteem, Extraversion, and Openness, and a negative correlation with Neuroticism (r = –.09 to –.21). There was high internal consistency, with a reliability coefficient of α = .73 to .93, while test–retest reliability at 4 weeks was satisfactory. Our results confirm the psychometric quality of the questionnaire for French young adults.

The role of sexual passion in romantic relationship functioning: A dyadic analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 026540752097219
Author(s):  
Jessica Beaudoin ◽  
Nabil Bouizegarene ◽  
Annabelle Fortin ◽  
Frederick L. Philippe ◽  
Robert J. Vallerand
Keyword(s):  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Sexual Satisfaction ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Relationship Functioning ◽  
Dyadic Analysis ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Actor Partner Interdependence Model ◽  
Negative Effect

The dualistic model of sexual passion defines sexual passion as a strong motivational drive to engage in various types of partnered and non-partnered sexual activities and distinguishes two types of sexual passion that lead to distinct consequences, obsessive sexual passion (OSP) and harmonious sexual passion (HSP). The purpose of the present research was to examine the associations between these two types of sexual passion and relationship functioning in partners of romantic relationships using dyadic analyses. Heterosexual participants (132 couples; n = 264) completed an online survey which included three indicators of relationship functioning: relationship quality, sexual satisfaction, and level of conflict. An actor-partner interdependence model analysis (APIM) revealed that, for both men and women, HSP was positively associated with relationship functioning, whereas OSP was negatively associated with it. In addition, results unveiled significant partner effects, such that both men’s and women’s HSP were associated with their partners’ perceptions of relationship functioning, but not for OSP. Finally, there were a significant moderation between men’s HSP and women’s OSP on women’s relationship functioning, suggesting that men’s HSP can buffer the negative effect of women’s OSP. The present results provide evidence that sexual passion can either facilitate or hinder relationship functioning through multiple personal and dyadic pathways.

scholarly journals Age Differences in the Desirability of Narcissism

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 230-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy R. Berenson ◽  
William D. Ellison ◽  
Rachel Clasing
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Popular Press ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Abstract. Young adult narcissism has been the focus of much discussion in the personality literature and popular press. Yet no previous studies have addressed whether there are age differences in the relative desirability of narcissistic and non-narcissistic self-descriptions, such as those presented as answer choices on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Hall, 1979 ). In Study 1, younger age was associated with less negative evaluations of narcissistic (vs. non-narcissistic) statements in general, and more positive evaluations of narcissistic statements conveying leadership/authority. In Study 2, age was unrelated to perceiving a fictional target person as narcissistic, but younger age was associated with more positive connotations for targets described with narcissistic statements and less positive connotations for targets described with non-narcissistic statements, in terms of the inferences made about the target’s altruism, conscientiousness, social status, and self-esteem. In both studies, age differences in the relative desirability of narcissism remained statistically significant when adjusting for participants’ own narcissism, and the NPI showed measurement invariance across age. Despite perceiving narcissism similarly, adults of different ages view the desirability of NPI answer choices differently. These results are important when interpreting cross-generational differences in NPI scores, and can potentially facilitate cross-generational understanding.

Narcissism and the Self as Continuum: Correlations with Assertiveness and Hypercompetitiveness

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Watson ◽  
Ronald J. Morris ◽  
Liv Miller
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Partial Correlations

In a sample of 596 undergraduates, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and its factors were correlated with self-esteem, assertiveness, and hypercompetitiveness. In zero-order data, assertiveness, narcissism, and hypercompetitiveness all displayed direct intercorrelations. Partial correlations controlling for self-esteem and for the NPI factors uncovered more specific linkages of assertiveness with self-esteem and healthier narcissism and of hypercompetitiveness with maladjusted narcissism. These outcomes conformed with recent suggestions that conscious representations of the self can be arranged along a continuum defined by healthy self-esteem at one extreme and by maladjusted narcissism at the other.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PERILAKU NARSIS DAN SELF-ESTEEM TERHADAP PENGENDALIAN DIRI AKUNTAN DALAM BERINTERAKSI DI MEDIA SOSIAL DENGAN ETIKA PROFESI AKUNTAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Nurbaeti Nurbaeti
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

This research is conducted to investigate the effect of narcissism and self-esteem toward the accountants’ self control in the interaction in social media with accountant professional ethics as an intervening variabel. The method of the research used is causality-explanatory to analyze as well as to prove that ther is a correlation among two or more variables. The object of this research are 100 people as respondents, they are educators, auditors and accountants in some companies in Tangerang and Jakarta. The technique used in taking samples is purposive sampling. This research used Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Ten Scales, Accountants professional ethics and accountants self control scale. The method of data analaysis used is Path Analysis. The data that the researcher got has meet the prerequisite to do the test of data quality and classic assumption. The series of data analysis using SPSS version 23 got that narcissism and self-esteem affect the accountants professional ethics simultaneously and significantly, while self-esteem significantly affects the professional ethics of accountants. Narcissism, self-esteem and accountant professional ethics affect simultaneously toward accountants’ self control, narcissism does’nt effect significantly toward accountants’ self control and accountants professional ethics  affects significantly toward their self control. The determination coefficient shows 10,3% of accountants’ self control variable affected by their narcissism, self-esteem and their ethics, while the rest 89,7% affected by other factors.

scholarly journals Narcissism and Self-Esteem in Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tolu Oloke ◽  
Jennifer Gatz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Spearman Rank Order Correlation ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Correlation Test ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Purpose: In a society where mental health is talked about frequently, the Cluster B personality disorder group has been neglected, presenting the need for further research concerning low self-esteem in adolescents & narcissistic tendencies.   Hypothesis: Narcissism is related to low self-esteem in adolescents.  Methods: Adolescents ages 13-18 took part in a Google Forms survey containing 34 questions. Questions were derived from the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES). Participants were asked about their age, gender, GPA, and ethnicity. The data was used to perform a Spearman rank-order correlation test.   Results: NPI questions related to narcissistic tendencies were not correlated with RSES questions related to low self-esteem. Rather, NPI questions related to narcissistic tendencies were more closely related to RSES questions suggesting high self-esteem.  Conclusion: Narcissism is not related to low self-esteem in adolescents. There needs to be more research done on narcissism and its relation to other factors. Self-esteem also needs to be factored into many issues concerning mental health and psychology. 

Emotional Uses of Facebook and Twitter: Its Relation With Empathy, Narcissism, and Self-Esteem in Adolescence

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (6) ◽  
pp. 997-1018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Errasti ◽  
Isaac Amigo ◽  
Manuel Villadangos
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Empathy Scale ◽  
Basic Empathy Scale ◽  
The Relationship

Facebook and Twitter have change interpersonal relationships. Adolescents are the sector of the population who use most these networks. They use them in an emotional way, to express their emotions and to comment on those of others. Empathy, narcissism, and self-esteem may play an important role in the use of these networks. Using a sample of 503 Spanish adolescents (272 males, 231 females), this work studies the relationship between the Basic Empathy Scale, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and emotional and empathic use of Facebook and Twitter. The results showed that those who use Facebook and Twitter have higher scores in empathy. It has been observed that certain ways of using these two social networks are associated with narcissism. Greater use of Facebook and Twitter is associated with lower self-esteem.

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