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.

Explanations for Positive and Negative Events Among Heavy and Moderate College Drinkers

1989 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-297
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Corcoran ◽  
Paige E. Thielbahr
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Depressed Mood ◽  
Explanatory Style ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Moderate Drinking ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
College Drinkers ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between explanatory style for positive and negative events in heavy- and moderate-drinking college students. Results indicate no difference between the two drinking groups in explanations for negative events; however, hearvier-drinking subjects did tend to have more global and stable explanations for positive events. In addition, those subjects attached more importance to positive events. Results are discussed in terms of the utility of such a style in avoiding depressed mood. Also discussed is the potential for changing such a belief pattern and the possible implications for the use of the Attributional Style Questionnaire with populations other than those who are depressed.

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.

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.

Narcissism and Creativity: Are They Related?

1980 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert N. Raskin
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between narcissism and creativity. 71 subjects were asked to identify themselves as being highly creative or not highly creative. Subjects were then given the Barron Symbolic Equivalents Test to measure level of creativity and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory to measure their level of narcissism. Four groups were formed using the subjects' self-report and their Barron scores. Each group was then compared on the Narcissistic inventory scores. A significant difference in the narcissism scores was found between the high-creativity/high-self-report group and all other groups. The greatest difference was found between the high-creativity/high-self-report group and the low-creativity/low-self-report group. Upon further analysis a significant correlation of .25 was found between scores on Barron's test and the narcissism measure, which suggests that there is a small but positive and significant relationship between the personality variables of creativity and narcissism.

Attributional style and delusions: an investigation based on delusional content

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
HM Sharp ◽  
CF Fear ◽  
D Healy
Keyword(s):  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attributions ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Primary Role ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Persecutory Delusions ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
Attributional Biases

SummaryIndividuals with persecutory delusions have been reported to make external and stable attributions for negative events and to have a tendency towards internal attributions for positive events. It remains unclear whether this abnormality is present in individuals with non-persecutory delusions. Using the Attributional Style Questionnaire, we assessed the attributional style of 19 individuals with persecutory or grandiose delusions (PG), 12 individuals whose delusional beliefs were non-persecutory and non-grandiose (NPG) and 24 controls. The PG group displayed externality in their causal attributions for bad events but those in the NPG group did not differ from controls. Both deluded groups were significantly more stable in their attributions for bad events in comparison to controls. Such findings argue against a primary role for attributional biases in the genesis of delusions, although a role in shaping delusional content and maintaining the disorder and a role for external attributions in defending against reductions in self-esteem cannot be excluded.

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.

scholarly journals ATTRIBUTIONAL STYLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS

1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen B. Hillman ◽  
Paula C. Wood ◽  
Shlomo S. Sawilowsky
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
African American Adolescents ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Federally Funded ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Repeated Measures Design ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire

This study ascertains how positive and negative life events are viewed by stigmatized youngsters. The causal attributions of a sample of 139 at-risk African American adolescents are analyzed in a doubly multivariate repeated measures design. These students were participants in either the federally funded Summer Training and Education Program or the Student Academic and Leadership Enhancement Program funded by the Detroit Compact. Previous research on these students indicated that they have higher than norm global self-concepts and their locus of control is more external than would be expected for their age. The findings of the current study suggest that the attributions these youngsters ascribed to positive events were significantly more internal, stable, and global than the attributions for negative events. An ancillary outcome of this study is to report psychometric information regarding the use of The Attributional Style Questionnaire.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN ANTARA KESEPIAN DAN KECENDERUNGAN NARSISISTIK PADA PENGGUNA JEJARING SOSIAL MEDIA INSTAGRAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Kembaren Dianelia Reginanta Sembiring
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Loneliness Scale ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to investigate the relationship between loneliness and narcissistic tendencies on social network Instagram users. The population in this study is the users of social network Instagram for at least 6 months, aged 18-24 years, has a minimum of 90 photos on their instagram account, actively access instagram account  for once until twice a day. Snowball sampling is used in this study, with the participation of 65 participants. Measurement instrument used in this study were UCLA Loneliness Scale Version 3 and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory 40 Items. Pearson's Product Moment is used to test the correlation between loneliness and narcissistic tendency. The results of this study showed that there was no relationship between loneliness and narcissistic tendency among social network Instagram users (r = -0.080, p=.264).

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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