Abstract
Narcissism is a set of traits that are motivated by the desire to establish and maintain a grandiose self-image. Consistent with this conceptualization, the authors hypothesized that narcissistic people perceive themselves to be the victims of other people's inter-personal transgressions more frequently than do less narcissistic people. In a 14-day diary study, the authors found that narcissism (particularly in its exploitiveness/entitlement dimension) was associated positively with the number and frequency of transgressions that respondents reported. The narcissism-victimization relationship appears to result, at least in part, from biased recall or self-presentation. The exploitiveness/entitlement dimension of narcissism may be particularly useful for explaining why narcissistic people report higher rates of interpersonal transgressions in their daily lives.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 885-893 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin |
Volume | 29 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2003 |
Keywords
- Narcissism
- Personality
- The self
- Transgressions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all)
- Social Psychology