Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Which Form of Narcissist Knows Self and Others Best of All?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-2013

Department

Psychology

Abstract

We examined the relationships of narcissism and its various facets with measures of cognition, such as perspective-taking/theory of mind, emotional intelligence, empathy, and systemizing, in a non-clinical sample of 368 undergraduate students. Social and physical causal reasoning was assessed using a novel procedure, which allowed for a thorough examination of participants' attributions of causes to social and non-social events. Results revealed that individuals high in grandiosity scored higher on measures of social reasoning, emotional intelligence, perspective-taking, systemizing, and empathy. Other facets of narcissism, as well as the overall construct of narcissism, were negatively associated with emotional intelligence, empathy, and perspective-taking. These results suggest that the facets of narcissism may differ considerably in their associations with various aspects of social cognition, which should prompt researchers to further examine the heterogeneous nature of narcissism. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Corrigendum

Publication Title

Personality and Individual Differences

Volume

54

Issue

3

First Page

396

Last Page

401

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