Witte Tricia H, Callahan Kelley L, Perez-Lopez Mark
Department of Psychology, Center for Research on Aggression and Violence, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2002 Jun;90(3 Pt 1):871-5. doi: 10.2466/pr0.2002.90.3.871.
Many have posited that narcissistic individuals are sensitive to insults and prone to react to such criticism with anger and hostility. Given that such anger is provoked by criticism from others, it was hypothesized that narcissistic traits which relate to perceived position of authority or superiority and an inflated sense of entitlement would make it easier for someone to perceive a remark as threatening and feel angry. It was hypothesized that these aspects of narcissism, as measured by the subscales of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory by Raskin and Hall would correlate differentially with anger, as measured by the Novaco Anger Scale in a sample of undergraduate men. Results partially confirmed the hypothesis and indicated that scores on Entitlement and Authority were positively associated with anger scores; however, superiority was not. The results imply that specific narcissistic traits such as a perceived position of authority and an inflated sense of entitlement, but not necessarily the global diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder, might be important to investigate as correlates of anger.
许多人认为，自恋的人对侮辱很敏感，容易以愤怒和敌意回应这种批评。鉴于这种愤怒是由他人的批评引发的，有人推测，与感知到的权威或优越地位以及膨胀的权利感相关的自恋特质会使某人更容易将一句话视为威胁并感到愤怒。有人推测，通过拉斯金和霍尔的自恋人格量表子量表衡量的自恋这些方面，与通过诺瓦科愤怒量表在本科男性样本中衡量的愤怒会有不同的相关性。结果部分证实了这一假设，并表明权利感和权威感得分与愤怒得分呈正相关；然而，优越感并非如此。结果表明，诸如感知到的权威地位和膨胀的权利感等特定的自恋特质，而不一定是自恋人格障碍的整体诊断，作为愤怒的相关因素可能值得研究。
