Social decision making in narcissism: Reduced generosity and increased retaliation are driven by alterations in perspective-taking and anger
| Autor: | Isabel Dziobek, Tania Singer, Philipp Kanske, Marjan Sharifi, Anne Böckler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Generosity
Aggression media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Self-esteem 050109 social psychology Anger 050105 experimental psychology Developmental psychology Prosocial behavior Social decision making Narcissism medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology General Psychology Machiavellianism media_common |
| Zdroj: | Personality and Individual Differences. 104:1-7 |
| ISSN: | 0191-8869 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.paid.2016.07.020 |
| Popis: | Narcissism can lead to various interpersonal problems. However, the characteristics of social decision making in trait narcissism and the cognitive and affective underpinnings are poorly understood. We employed established game theoretical paradigms to investigate different facets of social behavior in participants (N = 122; 41 female, mean age = 30 years) with a wide range of scores on the Pathological Narcissistic Inventory. Interpersonal traits, attitudes, and emotions were assessed as potential mediators of behavioral differences. High narcissism scores were related to lower generosity, especially when this could result in being punished. This maladaptive behavior was fully mediated by reduced perspective-taking abilities in narcissism. Also, narcissism scores predicted higher levels of punishment behavior, driven by higher levels of experienced anger. Hence, the difficulties narcissists face in interactions may be due to their reduced perspective-taking skills and resulting reduced generosity as well as enhanced anger-based retaliation behavior. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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