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Narcissism and conspicuous consumption

Narcissism and conspicuous consumption
Narcissism and conspicuous consumption
Narcissists are prone to conspicuous consumption, that is, preference for luxury over mundane products. We analyze four reasons for their conspicuous consumption: positive distinctiveness (individuation and status), meaning in life, materialism, and sexual signaling. Empirical support for these reasons ranges from good to preliminary. We then discuss directions that this nascent literature could take. These include a consideration of different forms of narcissism (grandiose vs. vulnerable, agentic vs. communal, admirative vs. rivalrous), the value of experimentation in clarifying the causal flow from narcisissm to conspicuous consumption and also from conspicuous consumption to state narcissism, as well as the (mostly negative) consequences of conspicuous consumptions for narcisissm and society.
Narcissism, conspicuous consumption, consumerism, materialism, meaning in life
2352-250X
1-18
Sedikides, Constantine
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Hart, Claire
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Hart, Claire
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Sedikides, Constantine and Hart, Claire (2022) Narcissism and conspicuous consumption. Current Opinion in Psychology, 46, 1-18, [101322]. (doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101322).

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Abstract

Narcissists are prone to conspicuous consumption, that is, preference for luxury over mundane products. We analyze four reasons for their conspicuous consumption: positive distinctiveness (individuation and status), meaning in life, materialism, and sexual signaling. Empirical support for these reasons ranges from good to preliminary. We then discuss directions that this nascent literature could take. These include a consideration of different forms of narcissism (grandiose vs. vulnerable, agentic vs. communal, admirative vs. rivalrous), the value of experimentation in clarifying the causal flow from narcisissm to conspicuous consumption and also from conspicuous consumption to state narcissism, as well as the (mostly negative) consequences of conspicuous consumptions for narcisissm and society.

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Sedikides & Hart, 2022, Current Opinion - Accepted Manuscript
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 February 2022
Published date: August 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: No funding source was involved in this research or preparation of the article. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
Keywords: Narcissism, conspicuous consumption, consumerism, materialism, meaning in life

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Local EPrints ID: 455959
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/455959
ISSN: 2352-250X
PURE UUID: 8b3d51aa-9267-4867-a3f2-e3b042c8c366
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X
ORCID for Claire Hart: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-2474

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Date deposited: 11 Apr 2022 16:37
Last modified: 06 Jun 2024 01:40

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