When a grandiose self-image is threatened: narcissism and self-concept clarity as predictors of negative emotions and aggression following ego-threat.
When a grandiose self-image is threatened: narcissism and self-concept clarity as predictors of negative emotions and aggression following ego-threat.
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DOI：
10.1111/1467-6494.05015
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发表时间：
2002-08
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5
通讯作者：
T. Stucke;S. Sporer
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作者：
T. Stucke;S. Sporer
两项研究基于鲍迈斯特、斯马特和博登（1996年）提出的理论假设，检验了自恋、自我概念清晰度、负面情绪和攻击性之间的关系。自恋和自我概念清晰度被作为在自我受到威胁后愤怒、抑郁和言语攻击的预测因素进行研究，自我威胁通过在智力测试中虚假的成绩反馈来操作化。第二项研究还检验了参与者负面情绪的中介作用，以便为失败后的攻击反应提供额外的解释。正如预期的那样，自恋和自我概念清晰度是失败后负面情绪和攻击性的重要预测因素。与我们的假设一致，自我概念清晰度低的高度自恋者在失败后会愤怒并具有攻击性，而自我概念清晰度高的自恋程度较低的个体则表现出抑郁情绪且没有攻击性。结果还表明，攻击性总是指向自我威胁反馈的来源。此外，愤怒和抑郁能够预测失败后的攻击反应，但它们没有中介自恋、自我概念清晰度、成绩反馈和攻击性之间的关系。
Two studies examined the relation between narcissism, self-concept clarity, negative emotions, and aggression based on theoretical assumptions proposed by Baumeister, Smart, and Boden (1996). Narcissism and self-concept clarity were examined as predictors for anger, depression, and verbal aggression following ego-threat, which was operationalized by a bogus performance feedback on an intelligence test. The second study also examined the mediating effects of participants' negative emotions to provide an additional explanation for the aggressive reactions after failure. As expected, narcissism and self-concept clarity were significant predictors of negative emotions and aggression after failure. In accordance with our hypothesis, high narcissists with low self-concept clarity reacted with anger and aggression after failure, whereas less narcissistic individuals with high self-concept clarity showed feelings of depression and no aggression. The results also indicated that aggression was always directed toward the source of the ego-threatening feedback. Additionally, anger and depression could predict the aggressive response after failure but they did not mediate the relation between narcissism, self-concept clarity, performance feedback, and aggression.