Measures of the narcissistic personality: complexity of relationships with self-esteem and empathy.
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Self-esteem and empathy were correlated with measures of narcissism. As in previous research, narcissism constructs defined both “healthy” and “unhealthy” self-functioning; and the apparent influence of one kind of operationalization became more obvious when partial correlations controlled for its covariance with the other. Specifically, ‘adaptive’ narcissism predicted higher levels of self-esteem and more adjusted forms of interpersonal sensitivity whereas “maladaptive” narcissism displayed an opposite pattern. The existence of “healthy” forms of narcissism, the effects of partialling, and linkages of indices of the narcissistic personality disorder with grandiosity were among the effects conforming with Kohut's psychoanalytic psychology of the self.
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According to the Extended Agency Model, higher levels of narcissism are associated with more self-enhancement of qualities like intelligence and extraversion, but not agreeableness or morality.
“According to the Extended Agency Model (59) higher levels of narcissism are associated with more self-enhancement of qualities like intelligence and extraversion, but not agreeableness or morality (32, 60).”
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The Extended Agency Model affirms that narcissism intensifies the reward experienced from situations like having a social high status and power and, as a consequence, it leads to being more focused on success, power, and attention, and less on caring for others.
“This model affirms that narcissism intensifies the reward experienced from situations like having a social high status and power and, as a consequence, it leads to being more focused on success, power, and attention, and less on caring for others.”
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- Authors
- Watson, P. J., Little, T., Sawrie, S. M., & Biderman, M. D.
- Affiliations
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (US)
- ORCID
- Watson, P. J.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality Disorders
- Publisher
- Guilford Publications
- Published
- 1992-12
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 434-449
- ISSN
- 0885-579X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1965381085
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality Disorders (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 › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- narcissism, self-esteem, empathy, maladaptive narcissism, narcissistic personality disorder, grandiosity, interpersonal sensitivity, Kohut, self psychology
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