A Longitudinal Field Investigation of Narcissism and Popularity Over Time: How Agentic and Antagonistic Aspects of Narcissism Shape the Development of Peer Relationships

Autor: Leckelt, Marius, Geukes, Katharina, Küfner, A. C. P., Niemeyer, L.M., Hutteman, R., Osterholz, S., Egloff, B., Nestler, S., Back, M. D., Afd ontwikkelings psychologie, Leerstoel Aken, Social and personality development: A transactional approach
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(4), 643. SAGE PublicationsSage CA: Los Angeles, CA
ISSN: 1552-7433
0146-1672
Popis: Grandiose narcissism has been linked to initial popularity but to later unpopularity in peer groups and laboratory contexts. Do these effects on peer relationships also emerge in larger real-life contexts and what are the underlying behavioral processes (i.e., behavioral expressions, interpersonal perceptions)? Using data from the longitudinal CONNECT field study ( N = 126), we investigated effects of agentic and antagonistic aspects of grandiose narcissism on emerging popularity in a complete peer network. A cohort of psychology first-year students was assessed with a quasiexperimental, experience-sampling methodology involving online surveys, diaries, and behavioral observations. In contrast to previous laboratory research, narcissism was unrelated to popularity at the level of zero-order correlations. However, results indicated that (a) an agentic behavioral pathway fostered popularity across time, and an antagonistic behavioral pathway drove the long-term decline in popularity, and (b) the two pathways were differentially related to agentic (admiration) and antagonistic (rivalry) aspects of narcissism.
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