scholarly journals Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4243
Author(s):  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill ◽  
Avi Besser ◽  
Maor Gabay ◽  
Gracynn Young
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Exercise Addiction ◽  
Narcissistic Vulnerability ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Personality Features

The present research examined whether the associations that narcissistic personality features had with exercise addiction were mediated by particular motives for engaging in exercise in a large Israeli community sample (N = 2629). The results revealed that each aspect of narcissism was positively associated with exercise addiction. Narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry had similar positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through the interpersonal motive for exercise. However, these aspects of narcissism diverged in their indirect associations with exercise addiction through psychological motives, body-related motives, and fitness motives for exercise such that these indirect associations were positive for narcissistic admiration but negative for narcissistic rivalry. Narcissistic vulnerability had positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through body-related motives and fitness motives that were similar to those observed for narcissistic admiration. These results suggest that exercise-related motives may play important roles in the associations that narcissistic personality features have with exercise addiction. The discussion will focus on the implications of these results for understanding the complex connections between narcissism and exercise addiction.

Associations of Buying-Shopping Disorder Symptoms with Identity Confusion, Materialism, and Socially Undesirable Personality Features in a Community Sample

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Astrid Müller ◽  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Annika Birlin ◽  
Ekaterini Georgiadou ◽  
Nora M. Laskowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Addictive Behaviors ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Identity Confusion ◽  
Financial Misconduct ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Identity Problems

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> While identity problems and materialistic value endorsement have been described as predisposing factors for buying-shopping disorder (BSD) in the literature, little empirical data are available on the role of socially undesirable personality features that may contribute to financial misconduct and manipulative interpersonal behaviors in BSD. The dark triad of personality refers to such offensive yet non-pathological personality traits and has been applied to addictive behaviors in the past. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the “dark triad” dimensions Machiavellianism, subclinical narcissism, and subclinical psychopathy predict symptoms of BSD above and beyond identity confusion and materialism, or moderate the relationship between materialism and symptoms of BSD. <b><i>Method:</i></b> The participants comprised a convenience sample (<i>N</i> = 272, 72.4% women) aged between 18 and 67 years. Assessment included standard questionnaires for BSD, identity problems, materialism, and the dark triad of personality. <b><i>Results:</i></b> Zero-order correlations indicate a weak association between BSD and the dark triad dimensions Machiavellianism and narcissism, but not psychopathy. Results of a moderated regression analysis with BSD symptoms as a dependent variable revealed significant main effects for materialism, female gender, and a significant “narcissism by materialism” effect, after accounting for identity confusion/synthesis and the single dark triad traits. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> The findings suggest that individuals with BSD attempt to address their narcissistic deficits via materialistic possessions. This assumption warrants further investigation in a clinical sample.

Transmission risk behaviors in a subset of HIV-positive individuals: The role of narcissistic personality features

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron M. Martin ◽  
Eric G. Benotsch ◽  
Shannon Perschbacher Lance ◽  
Marisa Green
Keyword(s):  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Personality Features

scholarly journals Joint trajectories for social and physical aggression as predictors of adolescent maladjustment: Internalizing symptoms, rule-breaking behaviors, and borderline and narcissistic personality features

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 659-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion K. Underwood ◽  
Kurt J. Beron ◽  
Lisa H. Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Physical Aggression ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Internalizing Symptoms ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Adolescent Psychopathology ◽  
Adjustment Problems ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
Personality Features

AbstractThis investigation examined the relation between developmental trajectories jointly estimated for social and physical aggression and adjustment problems at age 14. Teachers provided ratings of children's social and physical aggression in Grades 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 for a sample of 255 children (131 girls, 21% African American, 52% European American, 21% Mexican American). Participants, parents, and teachers completed measures of the adolescent's adjustment to assess internalizing symptoms, rule-breaking behaviors, and borderline and narcissistic personality features. Results showed that membership in a high and rising trajectory group predicted rule-breaking behaviors and borderline personality features. Membership in a high desister group predicted internalizing symptoms, rule-breaking behaviors, and borderline and narcissistic personality features. The findings suggest that although low levels of social and physical aggression may not bode poorly for adjustment, individuals engaging in high levels of social and physical aggression in middle childhood may be at greatest risk for adolescent psychopathology, whether they increase or desist in their aggression through early adolescence.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Age-Group Latent Mean Differences in Maladaptive Identity in Adolescence

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Sharp ◽  
Salome Vanwoerden ◽  
Klaus Schmeck ◽  
Marc Birkhölzer ◽  
Kirstin Goth
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Latent Variable ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Latent Mean Differences ◽  
Mean Differences ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

Little is known about the differences between age groups in maladaptive personality function as denoted in Criterion A of the Alternative Model for Personality Disorder (AMPD) in the DSM-5, which is the entry criterion for diagnosing personality disorder in the upcoming ICD-11. The current study aimed to address this gap by evaluating latent mean age group differences in maladaptive identity, which is one aspect that has been identified as an important feature of maladaptive, general personality function as represented in the DSM-5 and ICD-11. We were also interested whether mean differences would track with mean differences in borderline personality disorder (BPD) features given prior data suggesting that general personality function overlap with the construct of BPD. A community sample of N = 2,381 adolescents, representing a mix of different socio-economic and educational backgrounds, ages 12-18 (M = 14.92, SD = 1.94; 46% male) completed a measure of maladaptive identity. A subset (n = 1,165) completed a measure of borderline personality features. Latent variable modeling was used to evaluate latent mean differences across seven age bands. Results suggested a normative increase in maladaptive identity after age 12, which remained consistent until age 17 when it dropped back to levels observed in 12-year-olds. Maladaptive identity was significantly associated with mean-level increases in borderline personality features, with these constructs becoming more closely associated with increasing age.

scholarly journals Narcissism and Risk-Taking

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-633
Author(s):  
Ali Mohammad Beigi ◽  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
The Social ◽  
Personality Features

Previous research has shown that narcissism is associated with risk-taking. However, little is known about the factors that may contribute to narcissistic individuals being more likely to engage in risk-taking behaviour. The present research examined whether social worldviews would mediate the associations that specific narcissistic personality features had with risk-taking across life domains in a sample of Iranian community members (N = 489). Our results revealed that the extraverted, antagonistic, and neurotic aspects of narcissism had positive indirect associations with risk-taking in certain life domains through the competitive social worldview. These results suggest that the tendency to view the social environment as intensely competitive may play an important role in the associations that narcissistic personality features have with risk-taking in certain life domains.

The narcissistic experience of friendship: The roles of agentic and communal orientations toward friendship

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 2693-2713
Author(s):  
Destaney Sauls ◽  
Virgil Zeigler-Hill
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Self Protection

Narcissism is associated with a wide array of interpersonal problems. The present studies examined the connections between narcissistic personality features and the experience of friendship. We were interested in the possibility that narcissistic admiration (an agentic form of narcissism characterized by assertive self-enhancement and self-promotion) and narcissistic rivalry (an antagonistic form of narcissism characterized by self-protection and self-defense) may have divergent associations with various aspects of friendship. Study 1 found that narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry had divergent associations with maximizing selectivity and negative friendship attributions that were mediated by the agentic and communal orientations toward friendship. Study 2 found that narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry had divergent associations with friendship commitment that were again mediated by agentic and communal orientations toward friendship. These results demonstrate the similarities and differences between narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry in the context of friendship as well as the important roles that agentic and communal orientations toward friendship play in the connections that narcissistic personality features have with outcomes concerning friendship.

scholarly journals Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children and Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-58
Author(s):  
Karin Ensink ◽  
Michaël Bégin ◽  
Judith Kotiuga ◽  
Carla Sharp ◽  
Lina Normandin
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Personality Features ◽  
Borderline Personality Features

Background: The Borderline Personality Feature Scale for Children (BPFS-C) is currently the only dimensional measure of child and adolescent borderline features and the English version has been shown to have good psychometric properties. To extend the use of this measure with French speaking adolescents, it is essential to examine the reliability and validity of the French BPFS-C. Objective: The present study sought to assess the psychometric properties of the French BPFS-C. Methods: A community sample of 394 adolescents and young adults completed the Borderline Personality Features Scale for Children (BPFS-C), as well as the Million Adolescent Clinical Inventory (MACI) borderline tendency subscale, the Child Behavior Checklist- Youth Self-Report (CBCL-YSR) and the Beck Youth Inventories (BYI). Results: The findings show that both the long and short French BPFS-C have good internal consistency and convergent validity. Affect regulation, identity, relationship difficulties and self-harm were found to be closely inter-connected rather than distinct factors. Conclusion: The findings indicate that both long and short versions of French BPFS-C have good psychometric properties and provide preliminary evidence that the total scores are reliable and valid indicators of borderline personality features in adolescents and young adults.

Conflicts, Defenses and the Stability of Narcissistic Personality Features

Psychiatry ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. C. Perry ◽  
J. Christopher Perry
Keyword(s):  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Personality Features
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