Are normal narcissists psychologically healthy
Self-esteem matters
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6201992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Constantine Sedikides (0000-0002-7563-306X, Identity), Eric A Rudich (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Aiden P Gregg (Identity), Madoka Kumashiro (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Caryl E Rusbult (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Caryl Rusbult |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 400-416 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.87.3.400 |
| PMID | 15382988 |
| OpenAlex | W2159939453 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 187 |
| References cited | 111 |
Five studies established that normal narcissism is correlated with good psychological health. Specifically, narcissism is (a) inversely related to daily sadness and dispositional depression, (b) inversely related to daily and dispositional loneliness, (c) positively related to daily and dispositional subjective well-being as well as couple well-being, (d) inversely related to daily anxiety, and (e) inversely related to dispositional neuroticism. More important, self-esteem fully accounted for the relation between narcissism and psychological health. Thus, narcissism is beneficial for psychological health only insofar as it is associated with high self-esteem. Explanations of the main and mediational findings in terms of response or social desirability biases (e.g., defensiveness, repression, impression management) were ruled out. Supplementary analysis showed that the links among narcissism, self-esteem, and psychological health were preponderantly linear
Anger · Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Loneliness · Narcissism · Neuroticism · Personality · Psychiatry · Sadness · Self-esteem · Clinical Psychology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Emotional Intelligence and Performance · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Collective Narcissism
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Intellectual Arrogance and Intellectual Humility
Mental habits
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Narcissistic rage revisited
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Hierarchical linear models
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| Unique citing works | 187 |
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| Citations per year | 8,9 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 173 |