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The Relationship between Grandiose and Vulnerable (Hypersensitive) Narcissism

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, September 2017
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Title
The Relationship between Grandiose and Vulnerable (Hypersensitive) Narcissism
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, September 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01600
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Authors

Emanuel Jauk, Elena Weigle, Konrad Lehmann, Mathias Benedek, Aljoscha C. Neubauer

Abstract

Narcissistic grandiosity is characterized by overt expressions of feelings of superiority and entitlement, while narcissistic vulnerability reflects hypersensitivity and introversive self-absorbedness. Clinical evidence suggests that grandiosity is accompanied by vulnerable aspects, pointing to a common foundation. Subclinical personality research, however, views grandiose and vulnerable narcissism as independent traits. Grandiose narcissism displays substantial correlation with extraversion, while vulnerable narcissism correlates highly with introversion. We investigated if (1) controlling for intro-/extraversion might reveal a "common core" of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, and if (2) the correlation between both aspects might be higher at higher levels of narcissism. Latent variable structural equation modeling and segmented regression analysis confirmed these hypotheses in a large non-clinical sample (N = 1,006). Interindividual differences in intro-/extraversion mask the common core of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. The association between both aspects increases at high levels (upper 10%) of grandiose narcissism, which suggests a possible transition to clinically relevant (pathological) narcissism.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 169 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 43 25%
Student > Master 25 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 8%
Researcher 12 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 17 10%
Unknown 52 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 88 52%
Business, Management and Accounting 7 4%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 3%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Unspecified 3 2%
Other 9 5%
Unknown 54 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 67. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2023.
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