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Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009265662100060X
Narcissus locked in the past: Vulnerable narcissism and the negative views of the past
Authors Marcin Zajenkowski, Radosław Rogoza, Oliwia Maciantowicz, Joanna Witowska, Peter K. Jonason
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104123
Highlights
• Vulnerable narcissism and negative views of the past are positively correlated.
• They share similar personality profile.
• They correlate with a memory bias toward negative events.
Abstract
We examined how the perception of past events might contribute to the understanding of vulnerable narcissism. Across seven samples (NGrand = 1271), we investigated the association between vulnerable narcissism and individual differences in negative view of the past as well as how both were associated with basic personality traits, intrapersonal (i.e., affect, life satisfaction, and self-esteem) and interpersonal (i.e., anger, and hostility) outcomes, and memory biases of immediate life events and early life traumas. We found that vulnerable narcissism was reliably correlated with a negative view of the past. Additionally, both variables showed similar personality profiles (e.g., high neuroticism) and overlapped in explaining various outcomes, including self-esteem, anger, hostility, recalled traumas, and a negative memory bias.
Narcissus locked in the past: Vulnerable narcissism and the negative views of the past
Authors Marcin Zajenkowski, Radosław Rogoza, Oliwia Maciantowicz, Joanna Witowska, Peter K. Jonason
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104123
Highlights
• Vulnerable narcissism and negative views of the past are positively correlated.
• They share similar personality profile.
• They correlate with a memory bias toward negative events.
Abstract
We examined how the perception of past events might contribute to the understanding of vulnerable narcissism. Across seven samples (NGrand = 1271), we investigated the association between vulnerable narcissism and individual differences in negative view of the past as well as how both were associated with basic personality traits, intrapersonal (i.e., affect, life satisfaction, and self-esteem) and interpersonal (i.e., anger, and hostility) outcomes, and memory biases of immediate life events and early life traumas. We found that vulnerable narcissism was reliably correlated with a negative view of the past. Additionally, both variables showed similar personality profiles (e.g., high neuroticism) and overlapped in explaining various outcomes, including self-esteem, anger, hostility, recalled traumas, and a negative memory bias.