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Understanding the Social Costs of Narcissism: The Case of the Tragedy of the Commons
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Two studies examined narcissism and behavior in a commons dilemma. Study 1 used a four-person, laboratory-based task and Study 2 used a dyadic task. Participants were told that they represented one of four (Study 1) or two (Study 2) forestry companies and then were asked to harvest timber from a renewable forest. Narcissism was found to be positively related to acquisitive goals and harvesting more timber in the initial round. The more narcissists harvesting in the competitive group of four (Study 1) or dyad (Study 2), the less timber was harvested overall and the more rapidly the forest was depleted. Within competitive groups and dyads, however, narcissists harvested more than the nonnarcissists competing with them. In all, narcissism provided a benefit to the self, but at a long-term cost to other individuals and to the commons.
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“In one study, narcissists used a greater proportion of shared environmental resources in their attempt to supersede others in performance, ignoring the fact that their behavior would result in environmental costs and in a long-term depletion of the resources required to maintain their status (Campbell et al., 2005).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Campbell, W. K., Bush, C. P., Brunell, A. B., & Shelton, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- Lamar University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Campbell, W. Keith
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-10
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1358-1368
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2146974039
- Cited by
- 370
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 26 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 24 · 2014: 20 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 11
- FWCI
- 8.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Keywords
- narcissism, tragedy of the commons, commons dilemma, competitive behavior, group competition, dyadic interaction, logging, resource depletion, self-interest
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Cognition, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Narcissism, Personality Inventory, Self Concept, Social Behavior
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