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Narcissism and social motives: successful pursuit of egosystem goals boosts narcissism

Narcissism and social motives: successful pursuit of egosystem goals boosts narcissism
Narcissism and social motives: successful pursuit of egosystem goals boosts narcissism
We investigated the links between grandiose narcissism (agentic and communal) and social motives (social egosystem vs. social ecosystem). In Study 1, agentic narcissism was positively associated with egosystem (self-serving) motives, and was negatively associated with ecosystem (prosocial) motives, as assessed by explicit and more behavioral means. The pattern for communal narcissism was more complex, depending on mode of assessment. Striving for egosystem (vs. ecosystem) goals interacted with longitudinal goal-attainment to predict increases in agentic narcissism over 30 days. Study 2 replicated this interaction pattern in a longitudinal experiment, which randomly assigned participants to pursue either egosystem or ecosystem goals during one semester. We conclude that grandiose narcissism is associated with social goals that can maintain or even further augment narcissism.
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Sheldon, Ken M
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Sheldon, Ken M, Sedikides, Constantine, Ntoumanis, N., Corcoran, M and Titova, L (2019) Narcissism and social motives: successful pursuit of egosystem goals boosts narcissism. Self and Identity. (doi:10.1080/15298868.2019.1690036).

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Abstract

We investigated the links between grandiose narcissism (agentic and communal) and social motives (social egosystem vs. social ecosystem). In Study 1, agentic narcissism was positively associated with egosystem (self-serving) motives, and was negatively associated with ecosystem (prosocial) motives, as assessed by explicit and more behavioral means. The pattern for communal narcissism was more complex, depending on mode of assessment. Striving for egosystem (vs. ecosystem) goals interacted with longitudinal goal-attainment to predict increases in agentic narcissism over 30 days. Study 2 replicated this interaction pattern in a longitudinal experiment, which randomly assigned participants to pursue either egosystem or ecosystem goals during one semester. We conclude that grandiose narcissism is associated with social goals that can maintain or even further augment narcissism.

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Accepted/In Press date: 3 November 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 13 November 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 435738
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/435738
ISSN: 1529-8868
PURE UUID: 3a532071-6a5d-4a42-b663-edc4182e6866
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 19 Nov 2019 17:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 05:01

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Author: Ken M Sheldon
Author: N. Ntoumanis
Author: M Corcoran
Author: L Titova

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