Narcissism and Birth Order

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Eyring ◽  
Steven Sobelman
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Adlerian Theory ◽  
Order Position ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this investigation was to clarify the relationship between birth-order position and the development of narcissism, while refining research and theory. The relationship between birth-order status and narcissism was examined with a sample of 79 undergraduate students (55 women and 24 men). These subjects were placed in one of the four following birth-order categories of firstborn, second-born, last-born, and only children. These categories were chosen given their significance in Adlerian theory. Each subject completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and a demographic inventory. Based on psychodynamic theory, it was hypothesized that firstborn children were expected to score highest, but statistical significance was not found for an association between narcissism and birth order. Further research is urged to investigate personality theory as it relates to parenting style and birch order.

Relation of Birth Order and Scores on Measures of Pathological Narcissism

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 311-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Curtis ◽  
Donald R. Cowell
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Treatment ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Standardized Measures ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Initial Prediction

To study the relationship between birth order and pathological narcissism, it was predicted that firstborn and only children would score significantly higher on standardized measures of pathological narcissism. Two such measures, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, were administered to 50 randomly selected subjects from a metropolitan mental health and family treatment agency. Subjects were asked to indicate their ordinal birth positions, e.g., first, middle, last, or only, and then were administered both instruments. Analysis supported the initial prediction by indicating that firstborn and only children had higher mean scores on the measures of pathological narcissism. It might be advisable for clinicians to identify patients' ordinal positions while appraising relevant diagnostic criteria and eventual treatment planning.

Narcissism and Causal Attribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen R. Ladd ◽  
M. Cay Welsh ◽  
William F. Vitulli ◽  
Elise E. Labbé ◽  
Joseph G. Law
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between scores on narcissistic personality traits and causal attributions to positive and negative events. 119 undergraduate students in psychology as participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, and several Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes. Analyses indicated that men who scored higher on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40 made more internal and stable attributions to positive events and more external and unstable attributions to negative events than did men who scored lower on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40. Also scores on the Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes correlated significantly and positively with the Attributional Style Questionnaire, providing evidence for the validity of the vignettes.

Birth Order, Sex, and Socio-Political Orientation in College Students

1982 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 891-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Heingartner ◽  
Celeste Keusch Wetherell
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
The Political ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Order Position ◽  
Main Effects ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between socio-political orientation and birth-order position and sex were examined for 62 college students. A modified version of the Wilson-Patterson Conservatism Scale and abridged versions of the California F Scale and the Political and Economic Conservatism Scale measured socio-political orientation. While significant main effects for birth order and sex were not obtained on any of the scales, significant interactions of sex by birth order occurred on all three. On each scale females who were firstborn or only children scored significantly more conservatively than correspondingly born males. For subjects who were later born there was no sex difference on two of the scales, while on the Political and Economic Conservatism Scale males scored significantly more conservatively than females. The results are discussed in terms of the differential socialization experiences of firstborn and later born children and the different role expectations for males and females.

scholarly journals The Influence of Negative Personality Factors on Choice of Humor: A Study on Undergraduate Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siddoju Aishwarya
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Humor Style ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Shed Light

The present study explored the correlations between the four humor styles and the Dark Triad traits of personality. Participants were 202 undergraduates from India who finished the humor Styles Questionnaire, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, and the MACHIV. Results intimated that member who scored higher on sub-clinical psychopathy and Machiavellianism exhibited a more inclination to utilise negative humor styles (self-defeating and aggressive). whereas, individuals who got higher scores on narcissism were progressively inclined to have a preference toward affiliative humor or style and self-enhancing humor style and they negatively correlated with negative humor styles. The study was conducted to help understand the personality traits of individuals with various genre of humor and help to explain the nature of the Dark Triad traits of personality. It said to shed light on the interpersonal styles employed by people who exhibit these attributes.

Relationship between Narcissism and Sensation Seeking

1981 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 247-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Emmons
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between narcissism and sensation seeking. It was hypothesized that a positive relationship would be found between the two personality variables. Undergraduates were administered both the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Form IV of the Sensation Seeking Scale. For both males and females, scores on the Narcissistic Inventory correlated significantly with scores on the Disinhibition subscale of the Sensation Seeking Scale. Boredom Susceptibility was correlated with narcissism for males, while scores on the General and Experience Seeking subscales correlated significantly with narcissism for females. If disinhibition were a social form of sensation-seeking, the correlations with narcissism for both sexes would be accounted for. The study supports the construct validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and provides evidence for regarding narcissism as a dimension of personality.

scholarly journals Relationship Between Smoking, Narcissism, and Impulsiveness Among Young Women

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Semion Kertzman ◽  
Alex Kagan ◽  
Michael Vainder ◽  
Rina Lapidus ◽  
Abraham Weizman
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Although the connection between smoking and individual differences has been recently recognized, the relationship between narcissistic personality traits and cigarette smoking has received less attention. The notion that personality traits can be associated with addictive behavior is influential in clinical practice. However, questions remain about specific interactions between smoking and personality characteristics that need empirical support to substantiate this hypothesis. This study thus identifies narcissistic and impulsive personality traits as precursors of smoking in a sample of tattooed individuals. In a cross-sectional study (N = 120), personality traits were assessed in young women (aged 18-35 years) using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11). The current study, using the regression analysis, has clearly demonstrated that young women who smoke have different personality characteristics as compared with women who do not smoke.

The relationship between parenting styles and self-congruence of undergraduate students: Core self-evaluation as a mediator

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Chen Sun ◽  
Jihong Xu ◽  
Yuping Song
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Parental Rejection ◽  
Parental Overprotection ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Core Self ◽  
The Relationship

We investigated the relationships between parenting styles and children's core self-evaluation and self-congruence, and further explored the mediating effect of children's core self-evaluation in the relationship between parenting style and self-congruence. The survey participants were 385 undergraduate students at four public universities in Shandong, China. The results show that the students' perception of parental rejection and overprotection were positively correlated with their self-congruence, and that parental emotional warmth and students' core self-evaluation were negatively related to their self-congruence. Further, students' core self-evaluation partially mediated the relationship between their perception of parental overprotection/emotional warmth and their self-congruence. We determined that the mechanism of the effect of parenting styles on selfcongruence was as follows: High levels of parental overprotection or low levels of emotional warmth reduce the level of core self-evaluation of undergraduate students, which further contributes to inconsistency in their self-congruence.

Parental Divorce and Narcissism among College Students

1997 ◽  
Vol 81 (3) ◽  
pp. 877-878
Author(s):  
Robert E. Billingham ◽  
Jessica Cutrera
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Divorced Families ◽  
Intact Families ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

342 women and 225 men, undergraduate students, participated in a study to assess whether experiencing the divorce of one's parents affected narcissistic development. In a larger study on the long-term effects of divorce, these students completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. The analyses indicated that the scores for children from divorced families did not differ from the scores of children from intact families on any of the seven subscales.

scholarly journals A Pilot Study of the Relationship Between Parenting Style and Academic Procrastination Among Final Year Students of Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 152-167
Author(s):  
Fasya Sulaiman ◽  
Mohammad Mujaheed Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Academic Procrastination ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Common Behaviour ◽  
The Relationship

Academic procrastination is a behaviour which can be defined as putting off, delay, prolong, defer, stall, or postpone in performing tasks related to the academic. Academic procrastination is not a new phenomenon but it is a common behaviour especially among students as previous research has found that approximately 75% of students consider themselves as procrastinators. This issue is very much related to the “Student Syndrome” where student only starts to make themselves work in completing the task instantly right before the due date and leaving them with a very short period of time to complete it. There were many previous researchers that had investigated the factors that causing academic procrastination and one of the most common factors are parenting style. However, the pattern of the previous results was inconsistent. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate in deep on the relationship between the motivational aspects of parenting style to academic procrastination with focusing among the undergraduate students who are in their final year from Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The research design of this study is a quantitative research and for that reason, a set of questionnaire was distributed to 148 respondents. Result shows that 52.7% of the final year students perceived at high level of academic procrastination. Apart from that, the result also shows that there is no significant relationship between gender and parenting styles to academic procrastination. As a conclusion, academic procrastination is a common behaviour among final year students. However, parenting styles does not affecting academic procrastination due to the students’ age which can be categorised as early adulthood which at this age, parenting style factors does not give an impact on academic procrastination.

scholarly journals Genesis of Psychological Sovereignty: Birth Order Factor

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-146
Author(s):  
Софья Нартова-Бочавер ◽  
Sof'ya Nartova-Bochaver ◽  
Ольга Силина ◽  
Ol'ga Silina
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Only Children ◽  
Adaptive Value ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sibling Status ◽  
Order Factor ◽  
People First ◽  
The Relationship

The ability to defend the boundaries of one’s empirical self — dispositional sovereignty — is a personality trait with a great adaptive value. It develops through the generalization of everyday actions aimed at protecting the boundaries in discrete situations with other people, first, with one’s family. This paper explores the role of sibling status (birth order) in the development of this trait. Two empirical studies were conducted. In the first of them, carried out with the participation of children aged from two to ten, it is shown that the most mature ways of protection are for only children in the family, the least mature are the first children, and the second children in the family demonstrate an intermediate level of development of boundary protection skills. In the second study conducted on the youth sample, it is shown that the relationship between sovereignty and the order of birth depends on gender: sovereignty hits its peak among younger girls and older boys.

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