Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2013 Jul;39(7):870-82. doi: 10.1177/0146167213483580. Epub 2013 Apr 2.
This research was aimed to provide a comprehensive test of the classic notion that narcissistic individuals are appealing as short-term romantic or sexual partners. In three studies, we tested the hypotheses that narcissism exerts a positive effect on an individual's mate appeal and that this effect is mediated by high physical attractiveness and high social boldness. We implemented a multimethod approach and used ratings of opposite sex persons (Study 1), ratings of friends (Study 2), and records of courtship outcomes in naturalistic interactions (Study 3) as indicators of mate appeal. In all cases, narcissism had a positive effect on mate appeal, which was mainly due to the agentic self-enhancement aspects of narcissism (rather than narcissists' lacking communion). As predicted, physical attractiveness and social boldness mediated the positive effect of narcissism on mate appeal. Findings further indicated that narcissism was more strongly linked to mate appeal than to friend appeal.
这项研究旨在全面检验一个经典观点，即自恋型个体作为短期浪漫或性伴侣具有吸引力。在三项研究中，我们检验了以下假设：自恋对个体的伴侣吸引力有正向影响，这种影响是通过高身体吸引力和高社交勇气来介导的。我们采用了多方法的方法，使用了异性（研究 1）、朋友（研究 2）的评价以及自然互动中的求爱结果记录（研究 3）作为伴侣吸引力的指标。在所有情况下，自恋对伴侣吸引力都有正向影响，这主要归因于自恋者的自信自我增强方面（而不是自恋者缺乏同理心）。正如预测的那样，身体吸引力和社交勇气中介了自恋对伴侣吸引力的正向影响。研究结果进一步表明，与朋友吸引力相比，自恋与伴侣吸引力的联系更为紧密。
