Putting self at stake by telling a story: Storyteller’s narcissistic traits modulate physiological emotional reactions to recipient’s disengagement
Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Emmi Koskinen , Pentti Henttonen, Ville Harjunen,Elizabeth Krusemark, Matias Piispanen, Liisa Voutilainen, Mariel Wuolio, Anssi Peräkylä Published: August 27, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302703 Abstract Telling a story to a disengaged recipient induces stress and threatens positive self-image. In this study, we investigated whether storytellers with overly positive and fragile self-images (e.g., individuals with grandiose and vulnerable narcissism) would show heightened behavioral, emotional, and psychophysiological reactivity to recipient disengagement.Building on Bavelas, Coates, and Johnson [1] we conducted a…