Behavioral Processes Underlying the Decline of Narcissists' Popularity Over Time
Behavioral Processes Underlying the Decline of Narcissists' Popularity Over Time
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DOI：
10.1037/pspp0000057
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发表时间：
2015-11-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Back, Mitja D.
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作者：
Leckelt, Marius;Kuefner, Albrecht C. P.;Back, Mitja D.
根据浮夸型自恋的社会后果的双重途径，我们调查了(a)自恋者在社会群体中的受欢迎程度随着时间的推移而下降的行为过程，以及(b)这是如何受到钦佩和竞争这两个自恋方面的不同影响的。在一项纵向实验室研究中，参与者（N = 311）首先使用自恋人格量表和自恋崇拜与竞争问卷提供自恋自我报告，然后在为期三周的时间里，在每周一次的小组会议中相互交流。所有的会话都被录下来，经过训练的评分员对参与者在互动过程中的行为进行编码。在会议中，参与者提供了自信、不可信和讨人喜欢的相互评分。结果表明：(a)随着时间的推移，自恋者变得不那么受欢迎；(b)这反映在自恋崇拜最初是积极的，但影响逐渐减弱，而自恋竞争的负面影响越来越大。根据假设，这些结果的模式可以通过两种不同的行为途径来解释：消极自恋途径（即傲慢-攻击行为和被视为不值得信赖）发挥越来越大的作用，并由自恋竞争触发，而积极自恋途径（即支配-表达行为和被视为自信）的相关性随着时间的推移而降低。这些发现强调了行为途径方法在解开人格对社会结果的复杂影响方面的效用。
Following a dual-pathway approach to the social consequences of grandiose narcissism, we investigated the behavioral processes underlying (a) the decline of narcissists' popularity in social groups over time and (b) how this is differentially influenced by the 2 narcissism facets admiration and rivalry. In a longitudinal laboratory study, participants (N = 311) first provided narcissism self-reports using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire, and subsequently interacted with each other in small groups in weekly sessions over the course of 3 weeks. All sessions were videotaped and trained raters coded participants' behavior during the interactions. Within the sessions participants provided mutual ratings on assertiveness, untrustworthiness, and likability. Results showed that (a) over time narcissists become less popular and (b) this is reflected in an initially positive but decreasing effect of narcissistic admiration as well as an increasing negative effect of narcissistic rivalry. As hypothesized, these patterns of results could be explained by means of 2 diverging behavioral pathways: The negative narcissistic pathway (i.e., arrogant-aggressive behavior and being seen as untrustworthy) plays an increasing role and is triggered by narcissistic rivalry, whereas the relevance of the positive narcissistic pathway (i.e., dominant-expressive behavior and being seen as assertive) triggered by narcissistic admiration decreases over time. These findings underline the utility of a behavioral pathway approach for disentangling the complex effects of personality on social outcomes.