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Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Nomological Network Analysis: Variants of Narcissism
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Evidence has accrued to suggest that there are 2 distinct dimensions of narcissism, which are often labeled grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Although individuals high on either of these dimensions interact with others in an antagonistic manner, they differ on other central constructs (e.g., Neuroticism, Extraversion). In the current study, we conducted an exploratory factor analysis of 3 prominent self-report measures of narcissism (N=858) to examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the resultant factors. A 2-factor structure was found, which supported the notion that these scales include content consistent with 2 relatively distinct constructs: grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. We then compared the similarity of the nomological networks of these dimensions in relation to indices of personality, interpersonal behavior, and psychopathology in a sample of undergraduates (n=238). Overall, the nomological networks of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism were unrelated. The current results support the need for a more explicit parsing of the narcissism construct at the level of conceptualization and assessment.
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“Vulnerable narcissism is mainly manifested in the avoidant and obsessive-compulsive PD [76, 81] and is related to avoidant attachment and maladaptive, impulsive and avoidant ways of coping with stress [54].”
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“Grandiose narcissism displays substantial correlation with extraversion, while vulnerable narcissism correlates highly with introversion.”
From The Relationship between Grandiose and Vulnerable (Hypersensitive) Narcissism (2017) · cites this paper as Miller et al., 2011
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“Subclinical personality research, however, views grandiose and vulnerable narcissism as independent traits.”
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“Grandiose narcissism displays substantial correlation with extraversion, while vulnerable narcissism correlates highly with introversion.”
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“Neuroticism is also frequently reported to correlate negatively with grandiose, but positively with vulnerable narcissism (e.g., Miller et al., 2011, 2015; see also Gore and Widiger, 2016).”
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“Vulnerable narcissists report more adverse childhood experiences (Crawford & Wright, 2007;Kim & Cicchetti, 2010;Rogosch & Cicchetti, 2004), especially emotional abuse and emotional neglect (Nguyen & Shaw, 2020), which may lead to mistrust and increased antagonism in adulthood (Miller et al., 2011).”
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“display maladaptive attachment styles (Miller et al., 2011).”
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“when studied independently, narcissism is split into two subtypes, grandiose and vulnerable (50), which manifest differently on general personality measures [e.g., the Big Five; (10)] and show diverging associations with hostility [e.g., vulnerable narcissism is linked to hostile behaviors once grandiosity and attention-seeking are controlled for; (51)]”
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- Authors
- Miller, J. D., Hoffman, B. J., Gaughan, E. T., Gentile, B., Maples, J., & Keith Campbell, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Miller, Joshua D.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-09-26
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1013-1042
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1540840038
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 17.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, nomological network, convergent and discriminant validity, personality traits, interpersonal behavior, psychopathology
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Emotions, Extraversion, Psychological, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Narcissism, Object Attachment, Personality, Personality Inventory, Psychopathology, Surveys and Questionnaires, Students, Universities, Young Adult
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