TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fatfouta, Ramzi
A1  - Schröder-Abe, Michela
T1  - I can see clearly now
BT  - clarity of transgression-related motivations
JF  - Personality and individual differences : an international journal of research into the structure and development of personality, and the causation of individual differences
N2  - 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.
KW  - Narcissism
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Interpersonal transgressions
KW  - Social relationships
KW  - Indirect measurement
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.10.010
SN  - 0191-8869
VL  - 105
SP  - 280
EP  - 286
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fatfouta, Ramzi
A1  - Zeigler-Hill, Virgil
A1  - Schröder-Abe, Michela
T1  - I’m merciful, am I not?
BT  - Facets of narcissism and forgiveness revisited
JF  - Journal of research in personality
N2  - 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.
KW  - Narcissism
KW  - Forgiveness
KW  - Social relationships
KW  - Narcissistic entitlement
KW  - Conflict
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.007
SN  - 0092-6566
SN  - 1095-7251
VL  - 70
SP  - 166
EP  - 173
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - San Diego
ER  -