Top Research Papers on Narcissism

Freud's theory of narcissism, developed in the 1910s and 1920s, can be seen as a radical break with the Narcissus tradition in that the myth of Narcissus is turned into a theory about man's psychos ...

What a scene it was! One quite unlike any other, yet like so many before and so many after it. It was the evening of February 26, 1996, at the grand and historic Odeon Theater in Paris. The events of this singular evening were given the title, "Portrait of a Philosopher: Jacques Derrida."1 Derrida was invited by a group of students and professors from the University of Paris VIII (Vincennes at Saint-Denis) to attend and to participate in an evening that was devoted to portraying him in sketches and in speech. The drama at the Odeon Theater unfolded as follows: two actors, one male, one female,...

After WWII, when industry began to expand due to new inventions and technology, the importance of having good business leaders of a different kind than before became apparent. Corporate leaders lik ...

Abstract A new measure of hypersensitive narcissism was derived by correlating the items of H. A. Murray's (1938) Narcism Scale with an MMPI-based composite measure of covert narcissism. In three samples of college students (total N = 403), 10 items formed a reliable measure: the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale (HSNS). The new HSNS and the MMPI-based composite showed similar patterns of correlations with the Big Five Inventory, and both measures correlated near zero with the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, which assesses overt narcissism. Results support P. Wink's (1991) distinction betwee...

Sigmund Freud's theories of ego formation, narcissism, and melancholia are examined for explanations of Narcissus' loss of recognition in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Parental warmth was associated positively and monitoring was associated negatively with both types of narcissism and psychological control was positively associated with narcissism scores from which trait self-esteem variance had been removed.

Not all positive self-views are alike. Developmen- tal researchers increasingly recognize that it is important to distinguish between accurate, well-balanced positive self- views and inflated, narcissistic positive self-views. Narcissism refers to a sense of grandiosity and a strong need to be seen and admired by others. This article reviews current empiri- cal knowledge of narcissistic traits in youths and discusses future challenges and opportunities for this rapidly devel- oping field. Narcissism can be identified from late child- hood and has similar manifestations and consequences among y...

This English translation of Narcissisme de Vie Narcissisme de Mort covers Green's attempt to link the theory of narcissism to Freud's final theory of the drives. While narcissism is generally only considered in terms of its positive aspects in which it is linked to the life drives, Green shows that it is necessary to postulate the existence of a death-giving narcissism, which he calls negative narcissism.

Narcissus and Narcissism in Early Psychoanalysis : The Intertextual Dialogue between Theme and Concept

Despite the fact that it has long been recognised that narcissism can contribute to depression, we have become accustomed to referring to depression mostly in terms of a neurotic disturbance. The author highlights the difference between the narcissistic elements in depression, which is based on guilt, and the graver narcissistic depression, which is governed by shame. He attempts to define the elements that constitute ‘narcissistic depression’ where primal psychic mechanisms rule, and stresses the importance of recognising this form of depression if it is to be dealt with appropriately. The au...

Human is born with the narcissism,and throughout the life of people.Nowadays,the Narcissism is omnipresent.Since the ancient times,narcissism is one of the eternal motifs in literary creation,advertising creation as a literary text,consciously or unconsciously in early use the psychological characteristics,in order to achieve the goal that struck a chord with consumers and ultimately contribute to buy.Ads inherent commercial properties determine the display of narcissism and literary creation in the characterization of narcissism distinct difference.But in any case,the advertisement of narciss...

This is the first large-scale, systematic, and multimethod investigation linking grandiose narcissism and prosociality, and it finds that agentic and communal narcissists evinced substantial levels of Prosociality self-enhancement, whereas their non-narcissistic counterparts did not enhance their prossociality at all.

Abstract Despite the fact that it has long been recognised that narcissism can contribute to depression, we have become accustomed to referring to depression mostly in terms of a neurotic disturbance. The author highlights the difference between the narcissistic elements in depression, which is based on guilt, and the graver narcissistic depression, which is governed by shame. He attempts to define the elements that constitute ‘narcissistic depression’ where primal psychic mechanisms rule, and stresses the importance of recognising this form of depression if it is to be dealt with appropriatel...

This  study  examines  the  role  of  CEO  narcissism  to  earnings  management.  Samples  are non-financial companies listed in  Indonesian  Stock  Exchange.  Three indicators are  used  to reflect the CEO's  narcissistic  nature:  CEO  photograph,  CEO  publicity,  and  CEO's social  media. Overall, the principal component analysis of the narcissism variable is not able  to  explain  earnings  management.  After  splitting  the  indicators,  the  results  show empirical  evidence  that  CEO  publicity  affects  earnings management.  This  study  also documented  that  CEO  publicity  stimula...

timately, the loving component of the violence fondaineniale) as the organizing factor in personality development. The cases Bergeret presents to illustrate his points derive from his clinical work with depressive, suicidal, and phobic patients. Their symptoms and character structure are presented as exemplifying the vicissitudes and contortions of the hypothesized violence fondamentale. I am more impressed by the points Bergeret makes about the utility of a valenceneutral concept like violence fondumenfale (as a wellspring of both sexual and aggressive drives as these unfold at later stages);...

After hiaxwell Gitelson introduced the panel, Ludwig Eidelberg presented a paper “On Narcissistic hlortification.” H e defined normal narcissistic mortification as the emotional esperience of an individual who is suddenly overcome by internal or external aggression. Under normal conditions the individual learns to surrender his infantile omnipotence and to face the more or less frightening limitations of his powers. Under traumatic conditions the narcissistic mortification is repressed, which prevents the individual from disillusioning himself of his omnipotence. Another narcissistic mortifica...

Ever since the discovery of the individual, Western intellectuals have been perturbed by a set of binaries: the individual and society, private and public, self and other. The distinction between inner and outer already signifies the roots of estrangement, the reconciliatin of which becomes a Utopian hope to which civilization periodically dedicates itself, but increasingly regards as unreachable. It was the realization that the individual and society were epistemologically opposed that, at first, gave rise to the imputed division of social life into the public and private. In this reprise, th...

Abstract Twenty-nine newly recovering alcoholic outpatients drawn from a Minnesota-Model type treatment program in the United Kingdom completed the NPI narcissism scale and the “Steps Questionnaire.” Results showed the narcissistic “authority” subscale showed a very strong inverse relationship to level of personal acceptance of Steps 2 and 3 (the so called “God” steps) of the 12-Step program embodied by Alcoholics Anonymous. Also, the narcissistic “superiority” subscale showed a significant inverse association with acceptance of Step 3. The present results suggest that, relative to their more ...

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It is expedient and indeed indispensable to insert a third stage between [autoeroticism and object-love]. [In it] the hitherto isolated sexual instincts have already come together into a single whole and have also found an object. But this object is not an external one … it is [the subject's] own ego. – S. Freud, Totem and Taboo , 1913b, pp. 88–89. This revolutionary paper of Freud's both identifies a crucial stratum of human psychology – narcissism – and makes far-reaching and compelling claims about the relationship between that trait and other constituents of our mental life. The paper rang...

Communal narcissism had a notably strong relationship with wanting validation on all platforms and the results suggest that communal narcissism might be especially relevant in the context of social media use.

As female writers, both Duras and Linbi have express the feeling of their own according to their life experiences. In the novels, the heroines in Lover and A Solo War?tend to be self-concerned and narcissistic. But, the feeling of the former is independent, whiles the later, who exhibits the helpless of Chinese women, is not.

Recent studies revealed a correlation between self-promoting images on social media and higher levels of narcissism. This research further examined the relationship between narcissism and use of social media by determining the proportion of selfies an individual posts on Instagram and narcissism among millennials. The proportion of pictures that were selfies was measured in two ways: in the subject's past 4-weeks of picture posting and in the last 30 pictures the subject posted. The standard Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) was used to measure the subject's level of narcissism. Correla...

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on narcissism and parenting.

The connections between narcissism and political orientations have been theorized by scholars, and increasingly evoked by political parties, politicians, public intellectuals, and the media. Yet surprisingly little research has been undertaken to empirically asses the veracity of these claims. We address this lacuna by identifying the relationship between narcissism, political ideologies and partisanship in a nationally representative sample taken days before the 2016 US Presidential election. Overall, we find those on the left and right are equally narcissistic. However, liberals and conserva...

An agency-communion model of narcissism distinguishes between agentic narcissists (individuals satisfying self-motives of grandiosity, esteem, entitlement, and power in agentic domains) and communal narcissists (individuals satisfying the same self-motives in communal domains). Five studies supported the model. In Study 1, participants listed their grandiose self-thoughts. Two distinct types emerged: agentic (“I am the most intelligent person”) and communal (“I am the most helpful person”). In Study 2, we relied on the listed communal grandiose self-thoughts to construct the Communal Narcissis...

This study supports existing work, indicating that a degree of narcissism is of benefit to psychological functioning in respect of age-related loneliness, and is found to be a protective factor in mental health.

This kind of session is suggested because analyzing it shows how the appearance and resolution of such crises can turn out to be beneficial to the progress of psychotic teenagers.

Narcissism, which is broadly defined as a grandiose sense of self-importance (Judge, LePine, & Rich, 2006), is a construct that is associated with many potentially toxic traits and behaviors (Back, Schmukle, & Egloff, 2010; Hogan, Raskin, & Fazzini, 1990; Paulhus & Williams, 2002). Recently, interest in determining the effects of narcissism in organizations has increased (e.g. Blair, Hoffman, & Helland, 2008; Chatterjee & Hambrick, 2007; Judge et al., 2006; Penney & Spector, 2002). Psychometric issues with the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Hall 1979, 1981) and other measure...

Objective: To test psychodynamic assumptions about envy and narcissism by examining malicious envy in the context of narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability. Method: In Study 1, students and community adults completed trait measures of narcissism, envy, and schadenfreude. In Study 2 participants relived an episode of envy, and cognitive-affective components of envy were examined in the context of both selfand informantreports of their envy and narcissism. In Study 3, narcissism was linked to reports of envy covertly induced in the laboratory. Results: Vulnerable narcissism was strongly and ...

The claim that recent cohorts of college students are more narcissistic than earlier generations ofCollege students is contradicted, as models accounting for nonequivalence indicated a small decline in overall narcissism levels from the 1990s to the 2010s.

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Though grandiose narcissism has predominantly been studied in structural terms-focused on individuals' general tendencies to be more or less narcissistic-we tested whether it also has a meaningful process or state component. Using a daily diary study methodology and multilevel modeling (N = 178 undergraduates, 146 female; Mage  = 18.86, SD = 2.21), we examine whether there is significant variability in daily state narcissism and whether this variability relates systematically to other psychological states (i.e., self-esteem, stress) and daily events. We assessed state narcissism and daily expe...

Narcissism has been associated with the discussion of social media for at least a decade. Social media has been viewed as a prime setting for narcissistic grandiosity, and the growth of social media has been potentially linked to increasing cultural manifestations of narcissism. The birth of social media into our culture is something that has drastically altered the communication patterns of human behavior. At times, social networking is a constant barrage of opinions and ideas being formulated on the World Wide Web that in turn could trigger a response of feedback from a viewer. This can be d...

The scientific study of narcissism has accelerated in recent years. However, this literature has primarily been cross-sectional and descriptive in nature, making it difficult to integrate with theories of narcissism, which instead emphasize various dynamics. Theoretical work construes narcissism as a complex dynamical system with processes that interact to contribute to narcissism expression and maintenance. We begin by reviewing theoretical accounts of narcissism and what they suggest about dynamic processes. We then review research that examines processes associated with narcissism in natura...

A decade after Derrida’s departure, might we now, amongst friends, admit that Jacques Derrida was a mighty narcissist? Perhaps this has been obvious all along to many, admirers and detractors alike, so much so that it could be banal to say that Derrida was a narcissist— a mighty one. In fact, Derrida had no antipathy to the term and even appropriated the ‘label’, as we say today, aligning himself with or putting himself on the side of Narcissus. In H.C. for Life, That is To Say. . . , a book-long homage to his dear friend, Derrida writes: ‘Apart from myself, will I dare say that I know nobody ...

Scores on the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS) were positively related to measures of healthy narcissism and inversely related to empathic distress, anxiety, and depression. Partial correlational procedures controlled for the tendency of healthy and unhealthy forms of narcissism to be linked together and revealed the RAS to be inversely associated with maladaptive narcissism. This same basic pattern was observed following a more specific examination of RAS items previously identified as predictive of individuals who create an impression of not being "nice." These results do not support argu...

The present translation is based on the one published in 1925. The title of this paper would have been more literally translated 'On the Introduction of the Concept of Narcissism'. Freud had been using the term for many years previously. We learn from Ernest Jones (1955, 304) that at a meeting of the Vienna Psycho-Analytical Society on November 10, 1909, Freud had declared that narcissism was a necessary intermediate stage between auto-erotism and object-love. At about the same time he was

It should be difficult to be a productive artist without narcissism, the goal of other narcissisms like painful and dying narcissisms.

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The ‘cultivation of the self’, which Carl E. Schorske has identified as a characteristic of the Viennese bourgeoisie, establishes a ‘link between a devotion to art and a concern with the psyche’. Such a life ‘appropriated the aesthetic, sensuous sensibility’ leading to ‘narcissism and a hypertrophy of the life of feeling’. Szymanowski, who was for many years fascinated by Viennese culture, reflects many of these characteristics. He was, furthermore, greatly influenced by the work of Pater and Wilde, central figures in the English ‘decadent’ scene which, in Arthur Symons's words, was marked by ...

Alice Miller hypothesized that narcissistic disturbance predisposes individuals to become psychotherapists (1981). Raskin and Hairs Narcissistic Personality Inventory (1979) was administered to master's-level graduate students in the fields of counseling psychology, business, and educational computing. Neither the psychology group of 23 subjects nor the educational computing groupof 16 subjects scored significantly high in narcissism compared with Hall and Raskin's normative group of 721 subjects or with the business group of 19 subjects.

This revised motivational view proposes that narcissistic dynamics can be preserved and articulated in exclusively motivational terms.

A hypothesis linking infertility of psychogenic origin with narcissism is proposed in this discourse to a meeting of psychoanalysts. The author suggest that an inharmonious relationship between the primary narcissism of the infant and secondary narcissism may be at the root of some seemingly inexplicable cases of infertility. The case of a woman of about 30 years who had great difficulty becoming pregnant although no other source of infertility could be found is used to illustrate the argument. After about a year of thrice weekly psychoanalytic sessions the patient announced that she was pregn...

analysis of the eventual compromises on key legislation, as well as the function of token appointments of women in those administrations are also worthwhile. Especially enjoyable is her fascinating portrayal of Women's Bureau chief Esther Peterson, a pivotal figure who symbolizes early women's rights struggles as the old guard slowly gave way to a fundamentally new way of thinking about women. Finally, her rendition of the change from a language of "comparable work" to "equal work" (p. 98), in the final legislation is as informative as it is distressing. Cynthia Harrison's plainly written book...

: The connection of the concept of narcissism with the concept of the self is re-examined in the light of Hartmann's formulation of narcissism as cathexis of the self. While the formula is valid, its converse remains open to question. Implications for a psychology of the self independent of (but not divorced from) the dynamics of narcissism are suggested in regard to the understanding of perversions, development, narcissistic object relations, and self-esteem. The viability of a separate psychology of the self in each area is proposed.

Arguments are presented in support of Freud's position that narcissism developmentally precedes object love.

The research described here centers on how a narcissistic intrusion during early childhood may develop into narcissistic difficulties which manifest themselves, later in life, in feelings of loneliness.

The connection of the concept of narcissism with the idea of the self is re-examined in the light of Hartmann's formulation of Narcissism as cathexis of theself, and the viability of a separate psychology of theSelf in each area is proposed.

Abstract Surrender scores improved over treatment for the 49 male and 16 female alcoholics. Pathological narcissism decreased over treatment within the High Change on Surrender group, but not within the Low Change group. Findings support Tiebout's (1961) theory which suggests that making an act of surrender helps reduce pathological narcissism.