I’m merciful, am I not?
- 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.
Author details: | Ramzi FatfoutaORCiDGND, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Michela Schröder-AbeORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2017.07.007 |
ISSN: | 0092-6566 |
ISSN: | 1095-7251 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of research in personality |
Subtitle (English): | Facets of narcissism and forgiveness revisited |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | San Diego |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2017 |
Publication year: | 2017 |
Release date: | 2021/10/13 |
Tag: | Conflict; Forgiveness; Narcissism; Narcissistic entitlement; Social relationships |
Volume: | 70 |
Number of pages: | 8 |
First page: | 166 |
Last Page: | 173 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
DDC classification: | 1 Philosophie und Psychologie / 15 Psychologie / 150 Psychologie |