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Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and the Positivity of Self-Views: Two Portraits of Self-Love

Campbell, W. Keith, Rudich, Eric A., Sedikides, Constantine·2002·Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
DOI 10.1177/0146167202286007
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The authors hypothesized that both narcissism and high self-esteem are associated with positive self-views but each is associated with positivity in different domains of the self. Narcissists perceive themselves as better than average on traits reflecting an agentic orientation (e.g., intellectual skills, extraversion) but not on those reflecting a communal orientation (e.g., agreeableness, morality). In contrast, high-self-esteem individuals perceive themselves as better than average both on agentic and communal traits. Three studies confirmed the hypothesis. In Study 1, narcissists rated themselves as extraverted and open to experience but not as more agreeable or emotionally stable. High-self-esteem individuals rated themselves highly on all of these traits except openness. In Study 2, narcissists (but not high-self-esteem individuals) rated themselves as better than their romantic partners. In Study 3, narcissists rated themselves as more intelligent, but not more moral, than the average person. In contrast, high-self-esteem individuals viewed themselves as more moral and more intelligent.

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  • Narcissists' beliefs in their own superiority go hand in hand with beliefs in others' inferiority.

    “Third, narcissists’ beliefs regarding their own superiority tend to go hand in hand with beliefs of others’ inferiority (Back et al., 2013; Campbell et al., 2002; Kong, 2015; Krizan & Bushman, 2011; Park, Ferrero, Colvin, & Carney, 2013).”

    From The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit (2020) · cites this paper as Campbell et al., 2002

  • Narcissists often believe that they possess superior intellect, even when their actual IQ scores are not on par.

    “Furthermore, narcissists often believe that they possess superior intellect, even when their actual IQ scores are not on par (Campbell et al., 2002; Dufner, Denissen, et al., 2013).”

    From The "Why" and "How" of Narcissism: A Process Model of Narcissistic Status Pursuit (2020) · cites this paper as Campbell et al., 2002

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Authors
Campbell, W. K., Rudich, E. A., & Sedikides, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Southampton (GB)
Corresponding author
Campbell, W. Keith
ORCID
Venue
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-03
Volume
28
Issue
3
Pages
358-368
ISSN
  • 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-7433
DOI
10.1177/0146167202286007
OpenAlex
W2139236723
Cited by
866
References
71
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 31 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 53 · 2020: 102 · 2019: 49 · 2018: 78 · 2017: 38 · 2016: 60 · 2015: 41 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 48 · 2012: 35
FWCI
11.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
  • ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
Keywords
narcissism, self-esteem, self-view, self-perception, agentic traits, communal traits, Big Five personality traits, extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability, openness to experience, intelligence, morality, romantic partners, self-enhancement

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