Narcissism and partner-enhancement at different relationship stages
Narcissism and partner-enhancement at different relationship stages
Partner-enhancement refers to perceiving the romantic partner more positively than one’s own self. Partner-enhancement often varies as a function of relationship duration: It is stronger in the earlier than later stage of a relationship. We asked whether narcissism moderates the association between relationship duration and partner-enhancement. We conducted three studies, with two testing participants individually (N1 = 70; N2 = 412) and the third testing couples (N3 = 84). Overall, narcissism negatively predicted partner-enhancement. However, low narcissists enhanced their partners at earlier but not later relationship stages, whereas high narcissists showed little partner-enhancement across relationship stages. High narcissists do not enhance their partner, albeit they self-enhance, a pattern that may have consequences for the quality of their relationships.
Love-is-blind, Narcissism, Partner-enhancement, Relationship duration, Relationships
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Sedikides, Constantine
9d45e66d-75bb-44de-87d7-21fd553812c2
June 2022
Sedikides, Constantine
9d45e66d-75bb-44de-87d7-21fd553812c2
Sedikides, Constantine
(2022)
Narcissism and partner-enhancement at different relationship stages.
Journal of Research in Personality, 98, , [104212].
(doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104212).
Abstract
Partner-enhancement refers to perceiving the romantic partner more positively than one’s own self. Partner-enhancement often varies as a function of relationship duration: It is stronger in the earlier than later stage of a relationship. We asked whether narcissism moderates the association between relationship duration and partner-enhancement. We conducted three studies, with two testing participants individually (N1 = 70; N2 = 412) and the third testing couples (N3 = 84). Overall, narcissism negatively predicted partner-enhancement. However, low narcissists enhanced their partners at earlier but not later relationship stages, whereas high narcissists showed little partner-enhancement across relationship stages. High narcissists do not enhance their partner, albeit they self-enhance, a pattern that may have consequences for the quality of their relationships.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 February 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 March 2022
Published date: June 2022
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The work was supported by grant no. 2016/23/G/HS6/01397 from the National Science Centre, Poland, and a grant from the Kosciuszko Foundation, USA, awarded to the first author.
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Keywords:
Love-is-blind, Narcissism, Partner-enhancement, Relationship duration, Relationships
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/455963
ISSN: 0092-6566
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