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Vulnerable narcissism is related to the fear of being laughed at and to the joy of laughing at others.

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Blasco-Belled, Ana, Rogoza, Radosław, Alsinet, Carles·2022·Personality and Individual Differences
DOI 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111536

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Vulnerable narcissism is associated to the fear of criticism and rejection; however, to date no investigation assessed its relations to the dispositions towards ridicule and laughter, which is scrutinized in the current paper. The dispositions towards ridicule and laughter could be conceptualized as three distinct types of humor personalities: gelotophobia (fear of being laughed at), gelotophilia (the joy of being laughed at), and katagelasticism (joy of laughing at others). We expected that according to the complex structure of vulnerable narcissism, it would be positively related to gelotophobia and katagelasticsism, reflecting neurotic withdrawal on the one hand, and antagonistic orientation towards people on the other. The results supported our hypotheses, providing further evidence to the complex structure of vulnerable narcissism.

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  • Vulnerable narcissism is associated with fear of being taunted (gelotophobia), leading to social retraction and isolation, and with joy of making fun of others (katagelasticism), emphasizing more antagonistic attitudes.

    “Vulnerable narcissism has been associated both with the fear of being taunted (gelotophobia) (leading to social retraction and isolation) (38), and with to the joy of making fun of others (katagelasticism) (emphasizing more antagonistic attitudes) (39, 40).”

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    The Discussion (section 4) reports associations of vulnerable narcissism with both gelotophobia and katagelasticism, linking the former to isolation and the latter to antagonistic attitudes. It describes isolation as strongly related to gelotophobia, but says the fear *might* explain withdrawal; the claim’s “leading to” states that causal link more firmly than the paper does. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  2. McGhee, P. E. (1996). Health, healing, and the amuse system. In Humor as Survival Training (2nd ed.). Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing.

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Authors
Blasco-Belled, A., Rogoza, R., & Alsinet, C.
Affiliations
Universitat de Lleida (ES)
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Individual Differences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-05
Volume
190
Pages
111536
ISSN
0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.paid.2022.111536
OpenAlex
W4210467436
Cited by
20
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1
FWCI
3.31
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
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  • Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Universitat de Girona Digital Repository (Universitat de Girona) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • Repositori ObertUDL (University of Lleida) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • Fundacja na rzecz Nauki Polskiej
  • Narodowym Centrum Nauki (2020/39/B/HS6/00052)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Humor Studies and Applications
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
Keywords
vulnerable narcissism, gelotophobia, gelotophilia, fear of being laughed at, social withdrawal

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