Shame, Rage, and Unsuccessful Motivated Reasoning in Vulnerable Narcissism

Freis, Stephanie D.; Brown, Ashley A.; Carroll, Patrick J.; Arkin, Robert M.

doi:10.1521/jscp.2015.34.10.877

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“…However, this study suggests that there is a positive correlation between vulnerable narcissism and shame withdraw, but there was no significant relation between grandiose narcissism and shame withdraw. Previous studies confirm a positive relation between the vulnerable narcissism and shame (e.g., shame as an emotional state) ( Freis et al, 2015 ). Shame proneness (negative self-evaluations and withdraw), arising in response to personal transgressions in public (e.g., “I’m a bad person.” Response: Withdraw or hiding behaviour from public).…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Narcissistic individuals, in particular the grandiose subtype, are negatively associated with guilt and shame ( Czarna, 2014 ; Wright, O’Leary, & Balkin, 1989 ). Furthermore, the vulnerable dimension of narcissism is positively associated with shame ( Freis, Brown, Carroll, & Arkin, 2015 ; Malkin, Barry, & Zeigler-Hill, 2011 ), while there is a lack of knowledge regarding to the relationship between the vulnerable narcissism and guilt.…”

Section: Narcissism and Moral Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because vulnerable and grandiose narcissism usually report different associations to shame ( Freis et al, 2015 ; Malkin et al, 2011 ; Wright et al, 1989 ), as well as the exploration of the relationship to guilt is still unexplored, it seems reasonable to investigate both subtypes separately. Since vulnerable narcissism is usually associated with low levels of self-esteem, (a) we expect a positive association between the vulnerable narcissism subtype and shame based on negative self-evaluation.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Guilt and proneness to shame: Unethical behaviour in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism

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Narcissists are described as individuals with dysfunctional personality traits such as lack of psychological awareness and empathy. Theories of ethical behaviour assume that unethical actions trigger moral emotions of guilt and shame. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge on moral emotions as dispositional traits and their potential influences on behaviour in individuals with narcissistic traits. The present study examined vulnerable and grandiose narcissism’s differences in the propensity to experience guilt and shame as a proneness, across a range of personal transgressions. Guilt proneness was measured by negative evaluation of unethical behaviour, and whether this evaluation could influence reparation of tendencies of unethical action in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism. Shame proneness was investigated by negative evaluation of the self, and then whether the previous tendency could affect unethical decision making and behaviour (e.g., hiding), in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism. Two hundred and sixteen participants responded to the Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory Scale and the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale in an online questionnaire. Findings indicate that grandiose narcissism was negatively associated with guilt proneness, and the relation between the vulnerable narcissism and guilt proneness was negative. Additionally, the results confirm a negative association between grandiose narcissism and shame proneness, especially related to the subscale ‘shame negative self-evaluation’. Furthermore, guilt and shame proneness explained 20% of the variance in vulnerable narcissism and 11% in grandiose narcissism. This research indicates that both vulnerable and grandiose narcissism have the tendency to make unethical decisions, and they are more likely to enact in unethical behaviour. These findings are relevant for the detection of narcissistic individual’s propensity to act unethically in social context.

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“…BPD is commonly comorbid with vulnerable/pathological narcissism (i.e., NPD) (Tomko, Trull, Wood, & Sher, 2014), and the NARQ-R scale may capture this overlap. For example, BPD and aspects of NPD reflecting narcissistic rivalry are both related to anger and hostility, and to dysregulated behavior in response to perceived rejection/abandonment (Freis, Brown, Carroll, & Arkin, 2015;Scott, Stepp, & Pilkonis, 2014). Narcissistic admiration may be a point of distinction between NPD and BPD.…”

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Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry: An Interpersonal Approach to Construct Validation

Grove

Smith

Girard

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Journal of Personality Disorders

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The present study applied the interpersonal perspective in testing the narcissistic admiration and rivalry concept (NARC) and examining the construct validity of the corresponding Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ). Two undergraduate samples (Sample 1: N = 290; Sample 2: N = 188) completed self-report measures of interpersonal processes based in the interpersonal circumplex (IPC), as well as measures of related constructs. In examining IPC correlates, we used a novel bootstrapping approach to determine if admiration and rivalry related to differing interpersonal profiles. Consistent with our hypotheses, admiration was distinctly related to generally agentic (i.e., dominant) interpersonal processes, whereas rivalry generally reflected (low) communal (i.e., hostile) interpersonal processes. Furthermore, NARQ-admiration and NARQ-rivalry related to generally adaptive and maladaptive aspects of status-related constructs, emotional, personality, and social adjustment, respectively. This research provides further support for the NARC, as well as construct validation for the NARQ.

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“…22,23 Both grandiose and vulnerable narcissism can include self-centered, manipulative, and aggressive behaviors, and grandiose thoughts. 24 Vulnerable narcissism, however, is more associated with personal insecurity, specifically about one's attitudes and beliefs. 25 It also leads to sensitivity to others' evaluation and approval, and this feedback is then used to regulate self-esteem.…”

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Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism: Associations with alcohol use, alcohol problems and problem recognition

Welker

Simons

2018

Journal of American College Health

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Shame, Rage, and Unsuccessful Motivated Reasoning in Vulnerable Narcissism

Cited by 56 publications

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Guilt and proneness to shame: Unethical behaviour in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism

Guilt and proneness to shame: Unethical behaviour in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism

Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry: An Interpersonal Approach to Construct Validation

Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism: Associations with alcohol use, alcohol problems and problem recognition

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