Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world

Foster, Joshua D.; Campbell, W. Keith; Twenge, Jean M.

doi:10.1016/s0092-6566(03)00026-6

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“…The maximum score possible in the Narcissistic Personality Inventory is 40 points, 27 points being the maximum value obtained in this study. The average score of the Narcissistic Inventory ( = 12.62) for the sample was lower than the average scores reported in a wide range of international studies (Raskin & Terry, 1988;Foster, Campbell & Twenge, 2003;Young & Pinsky, 2006;Miller & Campbell, 2008;Trzesniewski, Donnellan & Robins, 2008;Miller et al, 2009), although these studies were not necessarily carried out on accounting undergraduate students.…”

Section: Relationship Between Narcissism and Academic Performancecontrasting

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Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

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Avelino

Cunha

2018

Rev. contab. organ.

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58The purpose of this research was to identify if non-pathological narcissistic personality traits in accounting students are related to their performance. Students who overestimate their performance, a characteristic present in narcissistic individuals, live in the unrealistic belief that they do better than others in different activities. Such tendency can be detrimental in the long term. In addition to resulting in a constant effort so that such expectations become reality. The data were collected from a sample of 106 Brazilian accounting students who responded to a survey that included the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). The results suggest that the higher the presence of narcissistic traits, the greater his/her self-perceived academic performance. At same time, narcissism does not influence the student's real performance, which suggest that narcissistic personality traits just influence expectations, reather than the learning process. INTRODUCTIONOne of the differences between the current generation and previous ones is the current generation's level of narcissism (Dworkis, 2012). According to Trechera, Torre, and Morales (2008), historians, philosophers, sociologists, and social analysts generally agree that in recent decades society has reached an apogee of narcissism that is a central cultural theme (Mazlish, 1982;Valadez & Clignet, 1987;Rojas, 2007), characterized by a strong concern, in all walks of life, about self-realization, to the detriment of the collective well-being (Severiano, 1999

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Section: Relationship Between Narcissism and Academic Performancecontrasting

confidence: 62%

Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

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2018

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“…Existing research has shown that today's youth and young adults perceive themselves as more entitled than ever before and that men perceive more entitlement in general than women do (Foster et al, 2003). Unfortunately, little research has been conducted on the relation between gender and self-perception of entitlement in the academic setting.…”

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“…Why do college students have an inflated sense of entitlement regarding their grades? Researchers suggest that today's college students are more selfish, superficial, and narcissistic than ever before (Campbell, Bonacci, Shelton, Exline, & Bushman, 2004;Foster, Campbell, & Twenge, 2003;Gabriel, Critelli, & Ee, 1994;Hoover, 2007). Twenge (2006) believed that an inflated sense of entitlement is a subcomponent of general narcissism 1 .…”

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Gender Differences in Academic Entitlement Among College Students

Ciani

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2008

The Journal of Genetic Psychology

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“…This limitation is unfortunate not only because these nations house only a minority of the world's population, but also because cross-cultural investigations that include samples from non-WEIRD nations may uncover important differences in both mean levels and (psychopathological) correlates of dark traits (Foster, Campbell, & Twenge, 2003;Jonason, Li, & Czarna, 2013;Sullivan & Kosson, 2006). That said, cross-cultural research on dark traits should strive to do more than comparing means and correlates across cultures.…”

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The dark personality and psychopathology: Toward a brighter future.

Thomaes¹,

Brummelman²,

Miller³

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Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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The young field of research on dark personality traits (i.e., socially aversive traits such as psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism) is gaining momentum. This Special Section examines the nature, origins, development, and sequelae of dark traits, underscoring their largely unappreciated relevance to abnormal psychology. The articles in this section adopt diverse perspectives (e.g., clinical, developmental, organizational, social personality), use diverse methods (e.g., longitudinal, experience sampling), and sample diverse populations (e.g., offenders, psychiatric outpatients, schoolchildren). As an introduction to the Special Section, this article identifies key conceptual and methodological challenges to the field of dark personality research. Its aim is to spur novel approaches to how dark personality traits are implicated in psychopathology and abnormal behavior more broadly. General Scientific SummaryDark personality traits are socially aversive traits such as psychopathy, narcissism, or Machiavellianism. This introduction to the Special Section discusses key opportunities and challenges for the field, and highlights future directions for research that should shed light on how dark traits are implicated in psychopathology.

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Individual differences in narcissism: Inflated self-views across the lifespan and around the world

Cited by 517 publications

References 41 publications

Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

Narcissism: are accounting students using their personality traits to perform better?

Gender Differences in Academic Entitlement Among College Students

The dark personality and psychopathology: Toward a brighter future.

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