Psychology

Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Stéphanie Baggio , Katia Iglesias, Miguel Duarte, Rosetta Nicastro, Roland Hasler, Sebastian Euler, Martin Debbané, Vladan Starcevic, Nader Perroud Published: April 6, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266540 Abstract The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) are often used to screen for pathological narcissism but have rarely been validated against a clinician-administered diagnostic interview. Our study evaluated the convergent validity of the PNI and NPI against a diagnostic interview for narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) in…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Ahmet Altınok , Nurseven Kılıç Published: November 13, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242277 Abstract The ultimate goal of this research was twofold: (1) to investigate the associations between narcissism, intentions towards infidelity, and relationship satisfaction; and (2) to explore the moderating effect of attachment styles on the link between intentions towards infidelity and narcissism. The findings revealed that the link between narcissism and relationship satisfaction is fully mediated by intentions towards infidelity. Similarly, the full mediating effect of…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Lluís Mas Manchón , David Badajoz Dávila Published: August 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272868 Abstract The use of social networking sites (SNS or social media) often comes with strong self-centered behaviors to promote self-appearance. The relationship between narcissism and social media use has intensively occupied scholars in the last decade, yet not much research has focused on, first, how the intensity of social media use (SNS use) is associated with narcissism through a self-centered appearance focused use…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Julia Brailovskaia , Elke Rohmann, Hans-Werner Bierhoff, Jürgen Margraf Published: November 2, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241632 Abstract Vulnerable narcissism and grandiose narcissism share the core of the narcissistic self but are considered as separate forms of this personality trait. While previous research mainly focused on the mechanisms that connect grandiose narcissism and addictive use of the social platform Facebook, it remained unclear why individuals with enhanced levels of vulnerable narcissism are at risk to develop Facebook Addiction…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Anna Szücs, Katalin Szanto, Jade Adalbert, Aidan G. C. Wright, Luke Clark, Alexandre Y. Dombrovski Published: December 3, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243588 Abstract Humans seek admiration to boost their social rank and engage in rivalry to protect it when fearing defeat. Traits such as narcissism and affective states such as depression are thought to influence perception of rank and motivation for dominance in opposite ways, but evidence of the underlying behavioral mechanisms is scant. We investigated the…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Leonie Hater , Johanna Schulte, Katharina Geukes, Ulrike Buhlmann, Mitja D. Back Published: June 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253187 Abstract Body image concerns revolving around body ideals (thin ideal, muscular ideal) are widespread among women. Whereas a stronger preoccupation with ideal physical appearance is often assumed for narcissistic women, previous empirical findings have been mixed. Following a tripartite structure of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism facets, we reexamined whether trait narcissism predicted drive for thinness and drive…

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Vasilena Stefanova, Christoph Scheepers, Paul Wilson, Kostas A. Papageorgiou Published: May 3, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302644 Abstract Narcissism is a part of the Dark Triad that consists also of the traits of Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Two main types of narcissism exist: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Being a Dark Triad trait, narcissism is typically associated with negative outcomes. However, recent research suggests that at least the grandiose type may be linked (directly or indirectly) to positive outcomes including…

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