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Induced narcissism increases self-assessed intelligence: Implications for academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological well-being

Induced narcissism increases self-assessed intelligence: Implications for academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological well-being
Induced narcissism increases self-assessed intelligence: Implications for academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological well-being

We examine the causal direction of the relation between (grandiose agentic) narcissism and self-assessed intelligence (SAI). We manipulated narcissism with a validated procedure. In Studies 1–2, high (vs low) narcissism increased SAI. In Study 2, SAI mediated the effect of narcissism on academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological wellbeing. The findings have implications for the nature of SAI and for gender differences on narcissism and SAI.

Academic achievement, Academic goal-pursuit, Narcissism, Self-assessed intelligence, Well-being
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Zajenkowski, Marcin
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Sedikides, Constantine
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Gignac, Gilles E.
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Gorniak, Jeremiasz
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Zajenkowski, Marcin, Sedikides, Constantine, Gignac, Gilles E., Gorniak, Jeremiasz and Maciantowicz, Oliwia (2022) Induced narcissism increases self-assessed intelligence: Implications for academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 101, [104311]. (doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104311).

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We examine the causal direction of the relation between (grandiose agentic) narcissism and self-assessed intelligence (SAI). We manipulated narcissism with a validated procedure. In Studies 1–2, high (vs low) narcissism increased SAI. In Study 2, SAI mediated the effect of narcissism on academic goal-pursuit, expected academic achievement, and psychological wellbeing. The findings have implications for the nature of SAI and for gender differences on narcissism and SAI.

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Accepted/In Press date: 18 October 2022
e-pub ahead of print date: 22 October 2022
Published date: 26 October 2022
Additional Information: Funding Information: The work of the first author was funded by a Grant No 2021/41/B/HS6/00117 from the National Science Centre of Poland. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s)
Keywords: Academic achievement, Academic goal-pursuit, Narcissism, Self-assessed intelligence, Well-being

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Local EPrints ID: 471718
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/471718
ISSN: 0092-6566
PURE UUID: f2a4d860-39f6-4f8f-a921-a88455f5051d
ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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Date deposited: 17 Nov 2022 17:31
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 02:49

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Author: Marcin Zajenkowski
Author: Gilles E. Gignac
Author: Jeremiasz Gorniak
Author: Oliwia Maciantowicz

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