Racial Differences in Narcissistic Tendencies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2011
Department
Psychology
Abstract
Black individuals have been found to report the highest levels of self-esteem of any racial group in the United States. The purpose of the present research was to examine whether Black individuals also report higher levels of narcissism than White individuals. Study 1 (N = 367) found that Black individuals reported higher levels of narcissism than White individuals even when controlling for gender, self-esteem level, and socially desirable response tendencies. Study 2 (N = 967) and Study 3 (N = 315) found similar results such that Black individuals reported higher levels of narcissism than White individuals on the narcissism measures that captured less pathological facets of this construct. Study 3 also included indicators of psychological adjustment and found that the pathological aspects of narcissism were more strongly associated with maladjustment for Black individuals than for White individuals. The implications of these results for understanding the Black self-esteem advantage are discussed. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Title
Journal of Research in Personality
Volume
45
Issue
5
First Page
456
Last Page
467
Recommended Citation
Zeigler-Hill, V.,
Wallace, M. T.
(2011). Racial Differences in Narcissistic Tendencies. Journal of Research in Personality, 45(5), 456-467.
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