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Are parenting practices associated with the development of narcissism? Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth

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Wetzel, Eunike, Robins, Richard W.·2016·Journal of Research in Personality
DOI 10.1016/j.jrp.2016.05.005PMC PMC5193228
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Narcissism is an important and consequential aspect of personality, yet we know little about its developmental origins. Using data from a longitudinal study of 674 Mexican-origin families, we examined cross-lagged relations between parenting behaviors (warmth, hostility, monitoring) and narcissism (superiority, exploitativeness). Parental hostility at age 12 was associated with higher levels of exploitativeness at age 14, whereas parental monitoring at age 12 was associated with lower levels of exploitativeness at age 14. These effects replicated across three different parenting measures: child reports, spouse reports, and behavioral coding of parent-child interactions. None of the parenting dimensions was related to superiority, suggesting that parenting practices are more strongly related to the maladaptive than the adaptive component of narcissism.

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  • When children lose status, parents may become cold or even hostile toward them.

    “but when children lose status, parents may become cold (Otway & Vignoles, 2006) or even hostile toward them (Wetzel & Robins, 2016).”

    From The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit (2020) · cites this paper as Wetzel & Robins, 2016

    The Results (Reciprocal Relations between Parenting and Narcissism; page unavailable) document parental hostility toward children. Neither those results nor the Discussion (page unavailable) says that losing status causes parents to become hostile; the study instead examines whether parental hostility predicts later narcissism. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Parental monitoring protects against development of narcissistic traits.

    “Parental monitoring was found to protect against development of narcissistic traits in a prospective study (59).”

    From Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Progress in Understanding and Treatment (2022) · cites this paper as [59]

    The Results report that greater parental monitoring at age 12 was associated with lower exploitativeness at age 14 in Mexican-origin youth. They also say the prediction for overall narcissism was not confirmed. The claim overgeneralizes from one facet to narcissistic traits broadly and describes an association as protection. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Third-generation studies have documented differential etiologies for vulnerable versus grandiose narcissism and a multifactorial etiology of NPD.

    “Those studies have documented differential etiologies for vulnerable versus grandiose narcissism and a multifactorial etiology of NPD.”

    From Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Progress in Understanding and Treatment (2022) · cites this paper as [59]

    The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that parental hostility and monitoring predicted exploitativeness but not superiority, supporting a narrower claim that developmental associations differ between narcissism facets. The paper does not establish distinct etiologies for vulnerable versus grandiose narcissism or a multifactorial etiology of narcissistic personality disorder. (LLM, conf=0.79)

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Authors
Wetzel, E., & Robins, R. W.
Affiliations
  • University of Konstanz (DE)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
Corresponding author
Wetzel, Eunike
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Research in Personality
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-08
Volume
63
Pages
84-94
ISSN
0092-6566 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jrp.2016.05.005
PMC
PMC5193228
OpenAlex
W2406939355
Cited by
53
References
50
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FWCI
8.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Research in Personality (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (DA017902)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
narcissism, parenting practices, parental hostility, parental warmth, parental supervision, exploitativeness, superiority, Mexican-origin youth, parent-child interaction, personality development

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