La Trobe University, School of Psychological Science, Melbourne, Australia.
J Soc Psychol. 2011 Mar-Apr;151(2):201-12. doi: 10.1080/00224540903510852.
When threatened with an upward social comparison with a close other in a self-relevant domain, people may reduce either the self-relevance of the ability being compared or their perceived closeness to the other person (Tesser, 1988). Those high in the trait of narcissism may be more likely to push away others who outperform them. Participants and nominated close others completed online measures of narcissism, contingent self-worth, and relationship closeness. Subsequently, participants heard that their friend performed better (or equivalently) on a "competitive spirit" test. Participants higher in narcissism significantly reduced the closeness of their relationships after a threat but did not reduce the relevance of competitiveness to their self-worth.
当人们在与自己相关的领域中面临与亲密他人的向上社会比较的威胁时，他们可能会降低被比较的能力的自我相关性，或者降低他们对他人的感知亲密程度（Tesser，1988）。那些具有自恋特质的人可能更容易把那些表现优于他们的人推开。参与者和提名的亲密他人在线完成了自恋、条件性自尊和关系亲密程度的测量。随后，参与者听说他们的朋友在“竞争精神”测试中表现得更好（或同样出色）。在受到威胁后，自恋程度较高的参与者显著降低了他们关系的亲密程度，但没有降低竞争力对他们自尊的重要性。
