RT Article
T1 Revisiting the Interactive Effect of Narcissism and Self-Esteem on Responses to Ego Threat: Distinguishing Between Assertiveness and Intent to Harm
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 7/8
SP 3662
OP 3687
A1 Hart, William 1948-
A1 Richardson, Kyle
A1 Tortoriello, Gregory K.
A2 Richardson, Kyle
A2 Tortoriello, Gregory K.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1751682641
AB We addressed whether narcissism and self-esteem synergize to enhance assertive responses and deter aggressive responses to ego-threatening provocation. Participants (N = 448) completed measures of narcissism and self-esteem, imagined ego-threatening provocation, and indicated their aggressive and assertive responses. Participants also completed individual difference measures of agreeableness, openness, status/dominance motivation, and endorsement of the notion that aggression begets power. Narcissism and self-esteem interacted to reduce aggressive responses but enhance assertive responses to ego-threat; moreover, this interaction related to enhanced agreeableness, openness, status/dominance motivation, and reduced endorsement of the belief that aggression begets power, and these relations accounted, in part, for relations between the interaction and aggressive and assertive responses. Broadly, the findings contribute to the contentious issue of how self-evaluation influences responses to ego-threat; specifically, we would suggest that this issue be conceptualized in terms of synergistic effects of narcissism and self-esteem and distinguish between assertive versus aggressive responding.
K1 Violence
K1 Self-esteem
K1 Provocation
K1 Narcissism
K1 ego-threat
K1 Aggression
DO 10.1177/0886260518777551