Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissistic States in Interpersonal Situations.

ABSTRACT: Clinicians have noted that narcissistic individuals fluctuate over time in their levels of grandiosity and vulnerability. However, these fluctuations remain poorly understood. Interpersonal theory asserts that interpersonal situations are central to the expression of personality and psychopathology, and therefore are a key context in which to understand the dynamic processes underlying narcissistic states. The present study is the first to examine narcissistic states assessed during interpersonal situations. Specifically, perceptions of others' warmth and dominance, momentary grandiosity and vulnerability, and one's own warm and dominant behavior were assessed across situations in daily life in a large sample (person N=286; occasion N=6,837). Results revealed that more grandi

SUBMITTER: Edershile EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7953573 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature