TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mota, Simon
A1  - Leckelt, Marius
A1  - Geukes, Katharina
A1  - Nestler, Steffen
A1  - Humberg, Sarah
A1  - Schröder-Abe, Michela
A1  - Schmukle, Stefan C.
A1  - Back, Mitja D.
T1  - A comprehensive examination of narcissists’ self-perceived and actual socioemotional cognition ability
JF  - Collabra: Psychology
N2  - Narcissists are assumed to lack the motivation and ability to share and understand the mental states of others. Prior empirical research, however, has yielded inconclusive findings and has differed with respect to the specific aspects of narcissism and socioemotional cognition that have been examined. Here, we propose a differentiated facet approach that can be applied across research traditions and that distinguishes between facets of narcissism (agentic vs. antagonistic) on the one hand, and facets of socioemotional cognition ability (SECA; self-perceived vs. actual) on the other. Using five nonclinical samples in two studies (total N = 602), we investigated the effect of facets of grandiose narcissism on aspects of socioemotional cognition across measures of affective and cognitive empathy, Theory of Mind, and emotional intelligence, while also controlling for general reasoning ability. Across both studies, agentic facets of narcissism were found to be positively related to perceived SECA, whereas antagonistic facets of narcissism were found to be negatively related to perceived SECA. However, both narcissism facets were negatively related to actual SECA. Exploratory condition-based regression analyses further showed that agentic narcissists had a higher directed discrepancy between perceived and actual SECA: They self-enhanced their socio-emotional capacities. Implications of these results for the multifaceted theoretical understanding of the narcissism-SECA link are discussed.
KW  - narcissism
KW  - socioemotional cognition
KW  - self-perceived ability
KW  - actual ability
KW  - empathy
KW  - emotional intelligence
KW  - self-enhancement
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.174
SN  - 2474-7394
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
PB  - University of California Press
CY  - Oakland
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Morf, Carolyn C.
A1  - Schurch, Eva
A1  - Kufener, Albrecht
A1  - Siegrist, Philip
A1  - Vater, Aline
A1  - Back, Mitja
A1  - Mestel, Robert
A1  - Schröder-Abe, Michela
T1  - Expanding the Nomological Net of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory: German Validation and Extension in a Clinical Inpatient Sample
JF  - Assessment
KW  - narcissism
KW  - assessment
KW  - Pathological Narcissism Inventory
KW  - construct validity
KW  - nomological network
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191115627010
SN  - 1073-1911
SN  - 1552-3489
VL  - 24
SP  - 419
EP  - 443
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -