2009
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.008
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Why do narcissists take more risks? Testing the roles of perceived risks and benefits of risky behaviors

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“…The average risk propensity score is 3.3. These scores are comparable to those found in several other studies that use a similar scale (Blais and Weber, 2006;Foster et al, 2009;Mishra et al, 2010;Willebrands et al, 2012). …”
Section: Figure 1 Four Types Of Risk Attitudessupporting
confidence: 89%
“…The average risk propensity score is 3.3. These scores are comparable to those found in several other studies that use a similar scale (Blais and Weber, 2006;Foster et al, 2009;Mishra et al, 2010;Willebrands et al, 2012). …”
Section: Figure 1 Four Types Of Risk Attitudessupporting
confidence: 89%
“…As Campbell, Goodie, andFoster (2004) put it, NPI narcissists "swing for the fences" in their quest for self-enhancement. They seem to recognize the costs of failure when they take risks, but still choose to bet on their ability to succeed (Foster, Shenesey, & Goff, 2009). NPI narcissists' aggressive style of self-enhancement bears little resemblance to the self-protective caution typically displayed by people who lack self-esteem or confidence (see Baumeister, Tice, & Hutton, 1989;Tice & Baumeister, 1990 for evidence that self-enhancement is not inherently self-protective).…”
Section: Competing Explanations For Narcissistic Self-enhancementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Twenge empirically shows that there is a rise of individualistic and narcissist traits within the digital natives. Narcissism is, for instance, strongly linked to overconfidence and unrealistic risk taking (Foster et al 2009;Twenge et al 2008). Furthermore, narcissism is commonly related to benefits to the individual that are primarily affective and mostly short term orientated, whereas the cost of narcissism is usually borne by others (Campbell and Buffardi 2008).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%