TY  - JOUR
A1  - Holtzman, Nicholas S.
A1  - Tackman, Allison M.
A1  - Carey, Angela L.
A1  - Brucks, Melanie S.
A1  - Kuefner, Albrecht C. P.
A1  - Deters, Fenne Grosse
A1  - Back, Mitja D.
A1  - Donnellan, M. Brent
A1  - Pennebaker, James W.
A1  - Sherman, Ryne A.
A1  - Mehl, Matthias R.
T1  - Linguistic Markers of Grandiose Narcissism: A LIWC Analysis of 15 Samples
JF  - Journal of Language and Social Psychology
N2  - Narcissism is unrelated to using first-person singular pronouns. Whether narcissism is linked to other language use remains unclear. We aimed to identify linguistic markers of narcissism. We applied the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count to texts (k = 15; N = 4,941). The strongest positive correlates were using words related to sports, second-person pronouns, and swear words. The strongest negative correlates were using anxiety/fear words, tentative words, and words related to sensory/perceptual processes. Effects were small (each |r| < .10).
KW  - language
KW  - LIWC
KW  - narcissism
KW  - personality
KW  - text analysis
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0261927X19871084
SN  - 0261-927X
SN  - 1552-6526
VL  - 38
IS  - 5-6
SP  - 773
EP  - 786
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -