Self-viewing is associated with negative affect rather than reward in highly narcissistic men: an fMRI study.

ABSTRACT: Subclinical narcissism is a personality trait with two faces: According to social-cognitive theories it is associated with grandiosity and feelings of superiority, whereas psychodynamic theories emphasize vulnerable aspects like fluctuating self-esteem and emotional conflicts. The psychodynamic view, however, is commonly not supported by self-report studies on subclinical narcissism. Personality neuroscience might help to better understand the phenomenon of narcissism beyond the limits of self-report research. While social-cognitive theory would predict that self-relevant processing should be accompanied by brain activity in reward-related areas in narcissistic individuals, psychodynamic theory would suggest that it should be accompanied by activation in regions pointing to negative affect

SUBMITTER: Jauk E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5517462 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature