Casale Silvia, Fioravanti Giulia, Rugai Laura
Department of Health Sciences, Psychology and Psychiatry Unit, University of Florence , Florence, Italy .
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2016 Aug;19(8):510-5. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2016.0189. Epub 2016 Jun 30.
Scholars have recently taken an interest in the connection between narcissism and Internet use, especially among users who frequent social networking sites (SNSs). Conversely, the association between narcissism and problematic use of SNSs (i.e., unregulated use that leads to negative outcomes) has been scarcely investigated. This study addresses this gap by comparing the mean levels of problematic use of SNSs among grandiose narcissists, vulnerable narcissists, and non-narcissists. A sample of 535 students completed the 16-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory, the Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale, and the Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale-2 (GPIUS2). Vulnerable narcissists reported (a) significant higher levels on all GPIUS2 subscales and total scores than non-narcissists and (b) a stronger preference for online social interactions and higher overall levels of problematic use of SNSs than grandiose narcissists. Conversely, no significant differences were found between grandiose narcissists and non-narcissists. This study suggests that vulnerable narcissism may contribute more to problematic use of SNSs than grandiose narcissism.
学者们最近开始关注自恋与互联网使用之间的联系，尤其是在经常访问社交网站（SNS）的用户中。相反，自恋与SNS的问题使用（即导致负面结果的无节制使用）之间的关联却鲜有研究。本研究通过比较浮夸型自恋者、脆弱型自恋者和非自恋者在SNS问题使用的平均水平来填补这一空白。535名学生的样本完成了16项自恋人格量表、 hypersensitive Narcissism量表和广义问题性互联网使用量表-2（GPIUS2）。脆弱型自恋者报告称：（a）在所有GPIUS2分量表和总分上显著高于非自恋者；（b）与浮夸型自恋者相比，对在线社交互动有更强的偏好，且SNS问题使用的总体水平更高。相反，浮夸型自恋者和非自恋者之间未发现显著差异。本研究表明，与浮夸型自恋相比，脆弱型自恋可能对SNS的问题使用有更大的影响。
