@article{FatfoutaHeinze2022, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Heinze, Peter Eric}, title = {Do bigger egos mean bigger presence? Facets of grandiose narcissism and mindfulness}, series = {Current Psychology}, volume = {42}, journal = {Current Psychology}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {New York}, issn = {1046-1310}, doi = {10.1007/s12144-022-03115-w}, pages = {19795 -- 19807}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Broad sections of the population try to be more mindful, often with quite self-centered motives. It is therefore not surprising that there is growing interest in the investigation of narcissism and mindfulness. Despite theoretical and empirical ties, however, existing research on this association is scarce. In two studies (N = 3,134 and 403) with English- and German-speaking participants, we apply structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships between facets of grandiose narcissism and trait mindfulness. Across both studies and, using different narcissism and mindfulness measures, SEM consistently revealed opposing patterns for agentic and antagonistic narcissism, with agentic narcissism being positively related to trait mindfulness, and antagonistic narcissism being negatively related to it. Findings highlight the necessity to acknowledge the conceptual heterogeneity of narcissism when examining its relationship with trait mindfulness. Practical implications regarding how agentic and antagonistic narcissists might profit differently from mindfulness practice are discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{HeinzeFatfoutaSchroederAbe2020, author = {Heinze, Peter Eric and Fatfouta, Ramzi and Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela}, title = {Validation of an implicit measure of antagonistic narcissism}, series = {Journal of research in personality}, volume = {88}, journal = {Journal of research in personality}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0092-6566}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2020.103993}, pages = {12}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Narcissism has traditionally been assessed using explicit measures, yet contemporary measures are limited in their ability to capture people's automatic (i.e., implicit) self-evaluations. Here, we propose the antagonistic narcissism Implicit Association Test (AN-IAT). Three studies (N = 1082) using self-, informant-reports, and other implicit measures tested the psychometric properties of the AN-IAT. The AN-IAT showed high internal consistency and good temporal stability. The measure was positively associated with (antagonistic) narcissism, aggression, and lack of empathy, but unrelated to communal, pathological, and agentic narcissism as well as self-esteem. The AN-IAT predicted self- and informantratings of aggression and empathy beyond self-reports of antagonistic and agentic narcissism, and agreeableness. Together, the antagonistic narcissism IAT is a promising addition to the assessment of narcissism.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaSchroederAbe2017, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela}, title = {I can see clearly now}, series = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, volume = {105}, journal = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0191-8869}, doi = {10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.010}, pages = {280 -- 286}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Past research has revealed that narcissists lack forgiveness. However, little is known about factors that might either buffer or, more critically, enhance the link between narcissism and lack of forgiveness. To address this gap in the literature, the present studies focused on the moderating role of clarity of transgression-related motivations. In an original and a replication study (Ns = 509 and 532, respectively), participants rated their levels of narcissistic admiration and rivalry and recalled a personal episode in which someone had hurt them. Subsequently, participants reported on their lack of forgiveness toward their transgressor. Response speed to these ratings served as an indirect clarity measure, with faster responses indicating greater clarity. In both studies, narcissistic rivalry (but not admiration) was positively related to lack of forgiveness and this relationship was stronger among individuals who were clear about their transgression-related motivations. Results inform our understanding of socio-emotional factors that contribute to narcissists' lack of forgiveness following interpersonal hurt.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaMeshiMerkletal.2016, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Meshi, Dar and Merkl, Angela and Heekeren, Hauke R.}, title = {Accepting unfairness by a significant other is associated with reduced connectivity between medial prefrontal and dorsal anterior cingulate cortex}, series = {Social Neuroscience}, volume = {13}, journal = {Social Neuroscience}, number = {1}, publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group}, address = {Abingdon}, issn = {1747-0919}, doi = {10.1080/17470919.2016.1252795}, pages = {61 -- 73}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Conflict is a ubiquitous feature of interpersonal relationships, yet many of these relationships preserve their value following conflict. Our ability to refrain from punishment despite the occurrence of conflict is a characteristic of human beings. Using a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging techniques, we show that prosocial decision-making is modulated by relationship closeness. In an iterated social exchange, participants were more likely to cooperate with their partner compared to an unknown person by accepting unfair exchanges. Importantly, this effect was not influenced by how resources were actually being shared with one's partner. The medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) was activated when the partner, rather than the unknown person, behaved unfairly and, in the same context, the MPFC demonstrated greater functional connectivity with the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (DACC). MPFC-DACC connectivity was inversely associated with participants' tendency to "forgive" their partner for unfairness as well as performance outside the scanner on a behavioral measure of forgiveness. We conclude that relationship closeness modulates a neural network comprising the MPFC/DACC during economic exchanges.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaSchroederAbe2018, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela}, title = {Agentic to the core?}, series = {Journal of research in personality}, volume = {74}, journal = {Journal of research in personality}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0092-6566}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2018.02.006}, pages = {78 -- 82}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Researchers are still divided over whether narcissists possess positive or negative implicit self-views. Seemingly resolving this issue, Campbell et al. (2007) have demonstrated that narcissism is in fact related to higher implicit self-esteem as long as the implicit measure reflects agency. The present study used a large (N = 730) sample, carefully controlled stimuli, improved statistical analyses, and examined narcissism at the facet-level, but results did not replicate those of Campbell et al. In fact, the latent correlation between narcissism and implicit agency was close to zero, whereas the positive correlation between narcissism and explicit agency was replicated. We conclude that narcissists' implicit self-views may be more neutral than positive or may depend on other contextual factors.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaRentzschSchroederAbe2018, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Rentzsch, Katrin and Schr{\"o}der-Ab{\´e}, Michela}, title = {Narcissus oeconomicus:}, series = {Journal of research in personality}, volume = {75}, journal = {Journal of research in personality}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0092-6566}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2018.05.002}, pages = {12 -- 16}, year = {2018}, abstract = {How do narcissists respond to monetary rewards and are there differences in fairness sensitivity between different facets of narcissism? The present study (N = 287) investigated these questions using the Ultimatum Game, a behavioral decision-making task involving the presentation of advantageous and disadvantageous financial offers. The results of multilevel modeling revealed that individual differences in narcissism modulated responders' game decisions: Individuals high in narcissism, particularly narcissistic rivalry, were more likely to accept monetary offers and this effect was even more pronounced for comparatively unfair offers. Results extend previous findings, suggesting that narcissists are hypersensitive to rewards and pay close attention how to maximize their personal profit rather than to enforce fairness norms.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaZeiglerHillSchroederAbe2017, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Zeigler-Hill, Virgil and Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela}, title = {I'm merciful, am I not?}, series = {Journal of research in personality}, volume = {70}, journal = {Journal of research in personality}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0092-6566}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.007}, pages = {166 -- 173}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Narcissists are said to be particularly unforgiving, yet previous research remains inconclusive. This is likely because most previous studies focused on narcissism as a unitary construct, thereby neglecting its multiple facets. The present study (N = 1101) thus aimed to clarify the nuanced associations between different facets of narcissism and forgiveness, the latter being assessed via self-report and non-self-report measures. The results of a structural equation model (SEM) showed that antagonistic aspects of narcissism were negatively correlated with explicit forgiveness. Importantly, agentic as well as communal aspects of narcissism were positively correlated with explicit forgiveness. Aspects of narcissistic personality were not correlated with implicit forgiveness. Results suggest that not all facets of narcissism are associated with an unforgiving stance.}, language = {en} } @article{FatfoutaSchroederAbe2018, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi and Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela}, title = {A wolf in sheep's clothing?}, series = {Journal of research in personality}, volume = {76}, journal = {Journal of research in personality}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {San Diego}, issn = {0092-6566}, doi = {10.1016/j.jrp.2018.07.004}, pages = {17 -- 21}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Communal narcissists possess the unique belief in their capability to bring about freedom to the world, and so see themselves as "saints". To examine if this communal self-view extends to the more automatic component of self-evaluation, that is, a person's implicit self-view, the present study (N = 701) tested the extent to which communal narcissism was associated with explicit communal self-ratings and implicit associations between the self and communal attributes. The latent correlation between communal narcissism and explicit communal self-views was strongly positive, yet no such relationship emerged for implicit communal self-views. These findings support the notion that communal narcissism may represent an effort to gain favorable appraisals from others in the absence of a genuine communal self-view.}, language = {en} } @article{KwiatkowskaJulkowskiRogozaetal.2018, author = {Kwiatkowska, Maria Magdalena and Julkowski, Tomasz and Rogoza, Radoslaw and Zemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena and Fatfouta, Ramzi}, title = {Narcissism and trust}, series = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, volume = {137}, journal = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0191-8869}, doi = {10.1016/j.paid.2018.08.027}, pages = {139 -- 143}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Previous research has shown that individuals high in narcissism mistrust others, yet little is known about narcissism's relation to trust. In the current study (N = 727), we aim to close this gap in the literature by examining the relationship between facets of trust (i.e., cognitive bias in the evaluation of others and personal trustworthiness) and facets of grandiose narcissism (i.e., agentic, antagonistic, and communal). We strive to answer the question whether narcissistic individuals believe that others are reliable, honest, and benevolent (how they perceive others) and whether they present themselves as trusting of others (how they perceive themselves). We posit and show that agentic narcissism is not related to any of the studied trust facets, suggesting that the concept of trust is not relevant to their self-image. In contrast, antagonistic narcissism is negatively related to perceiving others and oneself as trustful, and communal narcissism is positively related to these trust facets, purportedly due to communal self-enhancement. We discuss our findings of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Concept as well as to the Agency-Communion model of grandiose narcissism.}, language = {en} } @article{SchroederAbeFatfouta2018, author = {Schr{\"o}der-Abe, Michela and Fatfouta, Ramzi}, title = {Shades of narcissistic dishonesty}, series = {Journal of economic psychology : research in economic psychology and behavioral economics}, volume = {71}, journal = {Journal of economic psychology : research in economic psychology and behavioral economics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0167-4870}, doi = {10.1016/j.joep.2018.06.003}, pages = {148 -- 158}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Honesty is crucial to navigate the social realm, yet certain individuals - those high in narcissism - tend to engage in dishonesty. In two studies (total N = 910), we aimed to zoom in on the link between grandiose versus vulnerable narcissism and dishonesty, further clarifying the role of the key self-conscious emotions shame and guilt in mediating this link. Using behavioral indicators of dishonesty, namely, actual cheating in a math task (Study 1) and a coin-tossing task (Study 2), we consistently found that the relationship between grandiose narcissism and cheating was positively mediated by guilt, indicating that grandiose narcissists engaged in more dishonest behavior due to a lack of guilt. Furthermore, the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and cheating was negatively mediated by shame, but only when task success depended on performance (Study 1) rather than luck (Study 2). Results underscore the importance of differentiating between distinct facets of narcissism and highlight the role of self-conscious emotions in the narcissism-dishonesty link.}, language = {en} } @article{RogozaFatfouta2019, author = {Rogoza, Radoslaw and Fatfouta, Ramzi}, title = {Normal and pathological communal narcissism in relation to personality traits and values}, series = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, volume = {140}, journal = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0191-8869}, doi = {10.1016/j.paid.2018.03.039}, pages = {76 -- 81}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Communal narcissism can be defined as grandiose self-views in the communal domain. Within the literature, two forms of communal narcissism, normal and pathological, can be distinguished. However, no study to date has investigated their convergence and divergence. Using a large community sample (N = 781), the current study aimed to fill this gap through examination of 1) the distinctiveness of normal and pathological communal narcissism; 2) their relationship to broad personality characteristics; and 3) values. Results suggest that 1) normal and pathological communal narcissism are structurally distinct constructs; 2) the difference in relation to personality characteristics is limited to neuroticism; and 3) they share the values of self-enhancement and self transcendence.}, language = {en} } @article{Fatfouta2019, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi}, title = {Facets of narcissism and leadership: A tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?}, series = {Human resource management review}, volume = {29}, journal = {Human resource management review}, number = {4}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {1053-4822}, doi = {10.1016/j.hrmr.2018.10.002}, pages = {12}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Research on narcissism continues to develop at a rapid pace. Yet, researchers from different disciplines are still divided over whether narcissists are good versus bad leaders. On the one hand, narcissists' bright qualities (e.g., charisma) are associated with positive outcomes at different levels of analysis from subordinates, to peers, and the organization as a whole. On the other hand, however, narcissists' dark qualities (e.g., entitlement) are associated with a number of counterproductive work behaviors, causing organizations to falter. The present article adds to and extends the traditional good-versus-bad debate about narcissistic leadership and pursues three goals: (a) to critically review the literature on narcissistic leaders and their behaviors in the workplace, (b) to provide tangible recommendations for how to best assess, select, and develop narcissistic leaders, and (c) to highlight future directions and ongoing challenges ahead in the field of narcissistic leadership.}, language = {en} } @article{Fatfouta2017, author = {Fatfouta, Ramzi}, title = {To be alone or not to be alone? Facets of narcissism and preference for solitude}, series = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, volume = {114}, journal = {Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Oxford}, issn = {0191-8869}, doi = {10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.047}, pages = {1 -- 4}, year = {2017}, language = {en} }