The Higher the Score, the Darker the Core: The Nonlinear Association Between Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism

Frontiers in Psychology
Emanuel Jauk, Scott Barry Kaufman

Abstract

Narcissism is a truly Janusian phenomenon, consisting of both narcissistic grandiosity, exhibitionism, admiration-seeking, boldness, and dominance on the one hand, and narcissistic vulnerability, introversion, withdrawal, hypersensitivity, and anxiety on the other hand. While there is broad consensus that these two seemingly contradictory faces of narcissism can be empirically discerned and have different implications for psychological functioning and mental health, there is not yet agreement on whether grandiose and vulnerable narcissism should be regarded as independent traits or as two manifestations of one personality trait. Previous research indicates that both views hold true when the level of grandiosity is considered a moderating factor: while grandiose and vulnerable narcissism are largely unrelated in the range of normal personality variation, they are correlated in the range of high grandiosity (Jauk et al., 2017b). Here, we replicate and extend this work in an independent sample (N = 891) using a more comprehensive narcissism inventory grounded in a new trifurcated model of narcissism. The trifurcated model partitions narcissism into three main personality dimensions: agentic extraversion, antagonism, and neuroticis...Continue Reading

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Oct 15, 2019·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Emanuel Jauk, Raoul Dieterich
Nov 17, 2020·Frontiers in Psychology·Alina Kałużna-WielobóbJan Cieciuch
May 7, 2021·Scandinavian Journal of Psychology·Sara PonzoniPatrizia Velotti
Jun 15, 2021·Personality Neuroscience·Emanuel Jauk, Philipp Kanske
Jul 22, 2021·Personality and Individual Differences·Emanuel JaukAkio Wakabayashi

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