The influence of narcissistic vulnerability and grandiosity on momentary hostility leading up to and following interpersonal rejection.

ABSTRACT: Wide empirical support exists for 2 aspects of narcissism-grandiosity and vulnerability. Hostility is a form of interpersonal antagonism, which is considered central to narcissism broadly. Though it has often been subsumed by the concept of narcissistic grandiosity, interpersonal antagonism is associated with vulnerability as well. Rejection represents an interpersonal stressor that evokes hostility to a greater degree in those high in narcissism, with mixed evidence regarding whether it stems from threat to one's egotism (grandiosity) or low self-esteem (vulnerability). Therefore, investigating the associations between narcissistic dimensions and individuals' trajectories of hostility leading up to and following rejection may provide a basis for a more unified conceptualization. In this s

SUBMITTER: Aslinger EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8986878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature