Conversational narcissism

Vangelisti, Anita L.; Knapp, Mark L.; Daly, John A.

doi:10.1080/03637759009376202

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“…These techniques were similar to those used by Baxter and Wilmot (1983), Dolin and Booth-Butterfield (1993), and Vangelisti, Knapp, and Daly (1990). Open-ended responses were initially sorted by setting, length of interaction, and topics.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

College Students' Sexual Health: Investigating the Role of Peer Communication

Rittenour

Booth‐Butterfield

2006

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

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College Students' Sexual Health: Investigating the Role of Peer Communication

Rittenour

Booth‐Butterfield

2006

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

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“…Self-focus departs from the give-and-take of normative self-disclosure as it involves a focus on one conversation partner to the exclusion of the other. Although the literature acknowledges the possibility of similar, non-reciprocal disclosure styles (e.g., Coyne, 1976b; Cozby, 1973; Vangelisti, Knapp, & Daly, 1990), this construct has not been studied empirically.…”

Section: Aversive Interpersonal Behaviors: Considering the New Constrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Conversational Self-Focus in Adolescent Friendships: Observational Assessment of an Interpersonal Process and Relations with Internalizing Symptoms and Friendship Quality

Schwartz‐Mette¹,

Rose²

2009

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

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Although youth with internalizing symptoms experience friendship difficulties, surprisingly little is known about their problematic interpersonal behaviors. The current observational study identifies a new construct, conversational self-focus, defined as the tendency to direct the focus of conversations to the self and away from others. Results indicated that youth with internalizing symptoms were especially likely to engage in self-focus when discussing problems with friends and that doing so was related to their friends perceiving the relationship as lower in quality, particularly helping. Content analyses further indicated that self-focused youth talked about themselves in ways that were distracting from their friends’ problems and that they changed the subject abruptly. Last, conversational self-focus was not redundant with related constructs of rumination and self-disclosure. This research highlights the importance of intervention efforts aimed at teaching self-focused youth ways to cope with distress that are more effective and will not damage their friendships.

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“…Talkers violate both of these orientations. Similarly, there may be value in exploring whether compulsive talkers are "narcissistic" (Vangelisti, Knapp, & Daly, 1990) or excessively self focused in their talk. Both O'Keefe (1992) and Vangelisti et al (1990) point to the negative social outcomes associated with compulsive talkers.…”

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confidence: 99%