Clarifying the Links Between Grandiose Narcissism and Parenting
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This study investigated the links between parenting and grandiose narcissism in hopes of clarifying recent empirical discrepancies. One-hundred forty-five participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and reported about their parents' support, coldness, monitoring, psychological control, and overvaluation. Psychological control was associated positively with narcissism, whereas monitoring and coldness were associated negatively. Overvaluation and parental support showed no reliable associations with narcissism. Analysis of the components of narcissism further elucidated these links. The results are interpreted in light of previous findings and as consistent with social learning and psychodynamic theories regarding the origins of narcissism.
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Grandiose narcissism generally manifests null to very small relations with developmental events and parenting, with some small and inconsistent relations with lower parental monitoring, higher warmth, and overvaluation.
“Grandiose narcissism generally manifests null to very small relations with developmental events and parenting (e.g., Horton & Tritch 2014, Miller et al. 2010a), although there are some small and inconsistent relations with lower parental monitoring (e.g., Horton et al. 2006), higher warmth (Horton et al. 2006), and overvaluation (e.g., Otway & Vignoles 2006).”
From Controversies in Narcissism (2017) · cites this paper as Horton & Tritch 2014
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- Authors
- Horton, R. S., & Tritch, T.
- Affiliations
- Wabash College (US)
- ORCID
- Horton, Robert S.
- Venue
- The Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-11-26
- Volume
- 148
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 133-143
- ISSN
- 0022-3980 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-1019
- OpenAlex
- W2110615202
- Cited by
- 40
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- grandiose narcissism, parenting, parental psychological control, parental supervision, parental support, overvaluation, social learning theory, psychodynamic theory
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Defense Mechanisms, Female, Humans, Internal-External Control, Male, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Personality Development, Personality Disorders, Personality Inventory, Psychoanalytic Theory, Psychometrics, Reference Values, Self Concept, Students, Reproducibility of Results, Parenting, Young Adult
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