Through the Eyes of Narcissus: Competitive Social Worldviews Mediate the Associations that Narcissism has with Ideological Attitudes

Zeigler‐Hill, Virgil; Sauls, Destaney; Malay, Paige

doi:10.1080/15298868.2020.1779118

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“…The rationale for this prediction was that narcissistic rivalry may be associated with exercise addiction due to a desire to outperform others. This hypothesis is consistent with previous research showing that narcissistic rivalry is characterized by a heightened sensitivity to competition as well as a desire to demonstrate superiority and dominance over others [ 57 , 58 ]. That is, exercise may be appealing to individuals with elevated levels of narcissistic rivalry because it provides them with an opportunity to display their dominance and superiority over others .…”

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“…The vulnerable/neurotic aspect of narcissism is not represented in the NARC model because it intends to focus on the grandiose expression of narcissism. Recent research has shown that the vulnerable/neurotic aspect of narcissism often diverges from the assertive/extraverted and antagonistic/disagreeable aspects of narcissism in terms of its associations with attitudes and behaviors [ 57 , 58 ]. As a result, we believed it was important for us to distinguish between these three aspects of narcissism when considering the connections that narcissistic personality features had with exercise addiction through exercise-related motives.…”

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Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

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The present research examined whether the associations that narcissistic personality features had with exercise addiction were mediated by particular motives for engaging in exercise in a large Israeli community sample (N = 2629). The results revealed that each aspect of narcissism was positively associated with exercise addiction. Narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry had similar positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through the interpersonal motive for exercise. However, these aspects of narcissism diverged in their indirect associations with exercise addiction through psychological motives, body-related motives, and fitness motives for exercise such that these indirect associations were positive for narcissistic admiration but negative for narcissistic rivalry. Narcissistic vulnerability had positive indirect associations with exercise addiction through body-related motives and fitness motives that were similar to those observed for narcissistic admiration. These results suggest that exercise-related motives may play important roles in the associations that narcissistic personality features have with exercise addiction. The discussion will focus on the implications of these results for understanding the complex connections between narcissism and exercise addiction.

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Narcissism and Exercise Addiction: The Mediating Roles of Exercise-Related Motives

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“…Moreover, Greenwood et al (2013) found high narcissism to be associated with motivations for and fantasies about being famous but not associated with prosocial motivations. Another relevant point is that higher narcissism was related to higher left-/right-wing authoritarianism and a stronger orientation toward social dominance in past research (Krispenz & Bertrams, 2022;Pincus et al, 2009;Raskin & Terry, 1988;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2021). Studies such as these suggest that narcissists strive for a glorious image and dominance but, at the same time, are not honestly interested in the condition of others.…”

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“…In a recent investigation, Krispenz and Bertrams (2022) examined the relationships of left-wing authoritarianism with so-called dark personality traits (see also Costello et al, 2022;Moss & O'Connor, 2020;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2021) and prosocial focus variables. They found that a strong ideological view, according to which a violent revolution against existing societal structures is legitimate (i.e., anti-hierarchical aggression), was associated with antagonistic narcissistic (Study 1) and psychopathological personality traits (Study 2).…”

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Dark Ego Vehicle: Narcissism as a Predictor of Anti-Sexual Assault Activism

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Krispenz²

2022

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In this preregistered study, we tested the dark ego vehicle principle. This principle says that individuals with dark personalities, such as high narcissistic traits, are inclined to get involved in certain kinds of ideology and political activism. We argue that narcissistic individuals can be attracted to anti-sexual assault activism, because this form of activism may provide them with opportunities for positive self-presentation (e.g., virtue signaling), gaining status, dominating others, and engaging in social conflicts to get their thrills. A diverse US sample (N = 313) completed online measures of narcissistic traits and involvement in anti-sexual assault activism. In addition, relevant covariates were assessed (i.e., age, gender, adult sexual assault history, sexual harassment myth acceptance, and altruism), and the interaction between narcissistic traits and gender was considered. The results of multiple regression analysis show that higher narcissistic traits predicted an individual’s higher involvement in anti-sexual assault activism over and above the covariates. However, this relationship was evident only for the women in this sample. Notably, higher level of altruism in an individual was also substantially associated with higher involvement in anti-sexual assault activism. We discuss how the narcissism-by-gender interaction may be in line with the dark ego vehicle principle.

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“…In a recent investigation, we examined the relationships of left-wing authoritarianism with so-called dark personality traits (Krispenz & Bertrams, 2023; see also Costello et al, 2022;Moss & O'Connor, 2020;Zeigler-Hill et al, 2021) and measures of prosociality. We found that a strong ideological view, according to which a violent revolution against existing societal structures is legitimate (i.e., anti-hierarchical aggression), was associated with antagonistic narcissistic (Study 1) and psychopathological personality traits (Study 2).…”

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Dark-ego-vehicle principle: Narcissism as a predictor of anti-sexual assault activism

Bertrams

Krispenz

2023

Curr Psychol

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In this preregistered study, we tested the dark-ego-vehicle principle. This principle states that individuals with dark personalities, such as high narcissistic traits, are inclined to become involved in certain kinds of ideologies and political activism. We argue that narcissistic individuals can be attracted to anti-sexual assault activism because this form of activism may provide them with opportunities to obtain positive self-presentation (e.g., virtue signaling), gain status, dominate others, and engage in social conflicts to get their thrills. A diverse US sample (N = 313) completed online measures of narcissistic traits and involvement in anti-sexual assault activism. In addition, relevant covariates were assessed (i.e., age, gender, adult sexual assault history, sexual harassment myth acceptance, and altruism), and the interaction between narcissistic traits and gender was considered. The results of the multiple regression analysis showed that higher narcissistic traits predicted an individual’s higher involvement in anti-sexual assault activism over and above the covariates. However, this relationship was evident only for the women in this sample. Notably, a higher level of altruism in an individual was also substantially associated with higher involvement in anti-sexual assault activism. We discuss how the narcissism-by-gender interaction may be in line with the dark-ego-vehicle principle.

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Through the Eyes of Narcissus: Competitive Social Worldviews Mediate the Associations that Narcissism has with Ideological Attitudes

Cited by 21 publications

References 88 publications

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Dark Ego Vehicle: Narcissism as a Predictor of Anti-Sexual Assault Activism

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