Self-focused and feeling fine: Assessing state narcissism and its relation to well-being

• Autores: Miranda Giacomin, Christian H. Jordan
• Localización: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN-e 1095-7251, Vol. 63, Nº. 0, 2016, págs. 12-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Abstract The current research replicates and extends past findings for within-person variability in narcissism by examining how fluctuations in daily narcissism across three different measures relate to subjective well-being. We assessed state narcissism, daily life satisfaction, positive and negative affect over 14 days (N = 147) and observed substantial within-person variability in three measures of state narcissism. Within-person variability in “normal” grandiose narcissism (the Narcissistic Personality Inventory) was associated with greater life satisfaction, greater positive affect and greater hostility. Within-person variability on self-reports of narcissism reflecting more pathological expressions of narcissism (Single-Item Narcissism Scale, and an adjective-rating measure) were also associated with daily shame and guilt. People may thus display variable levels of normal and pathological narcissism that relate to well-being.