Back, Mitja D.

Narcissistic admiration and rivalry: disentangling the bright and dark sides of narcissism.

Back, M. D., Küfner, A. C. P., Dufner, M., Gerlach, T. M., Rauthmann, J. F., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

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Facebook Profiles Reflect Actual Personality, Not Self-Idealization

Back, M. D., Stopfer, J. M., Vazire, S., Gaddis, S., Schmukle, S. C., Egloff, B., & Gosling, S. D. (2010) · Psychological Science

Personality Traits and PsychologyImpact of Technology on Adolescents

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Why are narcissists so charming at first sight? Decoding the narcissism–popularity link at zero acquaintance.

Back, M. D., Schmukle, S. C., & Egloff, B. (2010) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Cited by 611

The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit

Grapsas, S., Brummelman, E., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2020) · Perspectives on Psychological Science

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

Cited by 312

Behavioral processes underlying the decline of narcissists’ popularity over time.

Leckelt, M., Küfner, A. C. P., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2015) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology

Cited by 302

Narcissism and romantic relationships: The differential impact of narcissistic admiration and rivalry.

Wurst, S. N., Gerlach, T. M., Dufner, M., Rauthmann, J. F., Grosz, M. P., Küfner, A. C. P., Denissen, J. J. A., & Back, M. D. (2017) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyAttachment and Relationship Dynamics

Cited by 221

Trait personality and state variability: Predicting individual differences in within- and cross-context fluctuations in affect, self-evaluations, and behavior in everyday life

Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Hutteman, R., Küfner, A. C. P., & Back, M. D. (2017) · Journal of Research in Personality

Personality Traits and PsychologyMental Health Research Topics

Cited by 210

The Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Concept

Back, M. D. (2018) · Handbook of Trait Narcissism

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

Cited by 201

A consensus-based transparency checklist

Aczel, B., Szaszi, B., Sarafoglou, A., Kekecs, Z., Kucharský, Š., Benjamin, D., Chambers, C. D., Fisher, A., Gelman, A., Gernsbacher, M. A., et al. (2019) · Nature Human Behaviour

Academic Publishing and Open AccessMeta-analysis and systematic reviews

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Longitudinal Experience–Wide Association Studies—A Framework for Studying Personality Change

Bleidorn, W., Hopwood, C. J., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., Hennecke, M., Jokela, M., Kandler, C., Lucas, R. E., Luhmann, M., Orth, U., et al. (2020) · European Journal of Personality

Personality Traits and PsychologyPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology

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The Two Pathways to Being an (Un‐)Popular Narcissist

Küfner, A. C. P., Nestler, S., & Back, M. D. (2013) · Journal of Personality

Personality Traits and PsychologyBullying, Victimization, and Aggression

Cited by 124

Expanding the Nomological Net of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory: German Validation and Extension in a Clinical Inpatient Sample

Morf, C. C., Schürch, E., Küfner, A., Siegrist, P., Vater, A., Back, M., Mestel, R., & Schröder-Abé, M. (2017) · Assessment

Personality Traits and PsychologyPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology

Cited by 103

Individual differences in contingencies between situation characteristics and personality states.

Kuper, N., Breil, S. M., Horstmann, K. T., Roemer, L., Lischetzke, T., Sherman, R. A., Back, M. D., Denissen, J. J. A., & Rauthmann, J. F. (2022) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 63

A Comprehensive Examination of Narcissists’ Self-Perceived and Actual Socioemotional Cognition Ability

Mota, S., Leckelt, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., Humberg, S., Schröder-Abé, M., Schmukle, S. C., & Back, M. D. (2019) · Collabra: Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

Cited by 31

The rich are different: Unravelling the perceived and self‐reported personality profiles of high‐net‐worth individuals

Leckelt, M., Richter, D., Schröder, C., Küfner, A. C. P., Grabka, M. M., & Back, M. D. (2019) · British Journal of Psychology

Personality Traits and PsychologyPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

Cited by 27

Narcissistic Tendencies Among Actors: Craving for Admiration, But Not at the Cost of Others

Dufner, M., Egloff, B., Hausmann, C. M., Wendland, L.-M., Neyer, F. J., & Back, M. D. (2015) · Social Psychological and Personality Science

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

Cited by 24

Interpersonal behavior in assessment center role‐play exercises: Investigating structure, consistency, and effectiveness

Breil, S. M., Lievens, F., Forthmann, B., & Back, M. D. (2023) · Personnel Psychology

Psychological Testing and AssessmentCompetency Development and Evaluation

Cited by 22

Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution

Krüger, O., Anaya‐Rojas, J., Back, M., Caspers, B., Chakarov, N., Dammhahn, M., Elliott‐Graves, A., Fricke, C., Gadau, J., Hoffman, J. I., et al. (2026) · Biological Reviews

Animal Behavior and ReproductionEvolution and Genetic Dynamics

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Grapsas,Brummelman,Back,Denissen - A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit - In Press

Grapsas, S., Brummelman, E., Back, M. D., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2019)

Personality Traits and PsychologyEmotions and Moral Behavior

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