On the popularity of agentic and communal narcissists: The tit-for-tat hypothesis
Faculty/Professorship: | Psychology |
Author(s): | Rentzsch, Katrin ; Gebauer, Jochen |
Publisher Information: | Bamberg : Otto-Friedrich-Universität |
Year of publication: | 2023 |
Pages: | 1365-1377 |
Source/Other editions: | Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45 (2019), 9, S. 1365-1377. - ISSN: 0146-1672 |
is version of: | 10.1177/0146167218824359 |
Year of first publication: | 2019 |
Language(s): | English |
Licence: | German Act on Copyright |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:473-irb-587142 |
Abstract: | Among well-acquainted people, those high on agentic narcissism are less popular than those low on agentic narcissism. That popularity-difference figures prominently in the narcissism literature. But why are agentic narcissists less popular? We propose a novel answer―the tit-for-tat hypothesis. It states that agentic narcissists like other people less than non-narcissists do and that others reciprocate by liking agentic narcissists less in return. We also examine whether the tit-for-tat hypothesis generalizes to communal narcissism. A large round-robin study (N = 474) assessed agentic and communal narcissism (Wave 1) and included two round-robin waves (Waves 2-3). The round-robin waves assessed participants’ liking for all round-robin group members (2,488 informant-reports). The tit-for-tat hypothesis applied to agentic narcissists. It also applied to communal narcissists, albeit in a different way. Compared with non-narcissists, communal narcissists liked other people more and―in return―those others liked communal narcissists more. Our results elaborate on and qualify the thriving literature on narcissists’ popularity. |
GND Keywords: | Narzissmus; Beliebtheit; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Spieltheorie |
Keywords: | grandiose narcissism, agentic narcissism, communal narcissism, interpersonal liking, social relations model |
DDC Classification: | 150 Psychology |
RVK Classification: | CR 3000 |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/58714 |
Release Date: | 30. March 2023 |
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