Narcissism, need for power, and social interest.
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Significant positive correlations were separately observed for both 31 men and 38 women college students between measures of narcissism and need for power. Neither the narcissism nor the need for power measure correlated significantly with social interest.
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Narcissists often construct projective narratives indicative of power motivation.
“Regarding the strength of the status motive, studies on implicit motivation (Carroll, 1987; Joubert, 1998) have found that narcissists often construct projective narratives indicative of power motivation (i.e., the need to influence others; McClelland, 1987).”
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Studies on implicit motivation suggest a weak but negative association between narcissism and the construction of narratives indicative of affiliation and intimacy.
“Indeed, studies on implicit motivation suggest a weak but negative association between narcissism and the construction of narratives indicative of affiliation and intimacy (Carroll, 1987; Joubert, 1998).”
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Rivalry seems the key feature among the Dark Triad traits that supports callousness to its extreme pole embodied in affective dissonance, with contradictory affects in response to someone else's feelings.
“Furthermore, rivalry seems the key feature among the Dark Triad traits that supports callousness (44, 45) to its extreme pole embodied in “affective dissonance,” with contradictory affects in response to someone else’s feelings.”
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- Authors
- Joubert, C. E.
- Affiliations
- University of North Alabama (US)
- Corresponding author
- Joubert, Charles E.
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1998-04
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 701-702
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2002468476
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- narcissism, need for power, social interest, university students, gender differences, personality traits
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Empathy, Female, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Motivation, Narcissism, Personality, Power, Psychological
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