University of Detroit Mercy.
Eastern Michigan University.
J Clin Psychol. 2018 Sep;74(9):1556-1569. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22599. Epub 2018 Mar 6.
In the clinical and empirical literature, vulnerable narcissism and malignant self-regard (MSR) have been found to be highly interrelated and associated with theoretically related personality constructs, suggesting that the two constructs may be much more similar than different. The present study set out to test this hypothesis by examining the relationship of vulnerable narcissism and MSR to experiences and expressions of anger, the factor structure of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism with MSR, the associations of MSR and vulnerable narcissism to the five factor model of personality, and to global self-esteem in self-report measures within 1168 undergraduate students. A separate study of 158 undergraduates also assessed how MSR and vulnerable narcissism predicted state and trait anxiety and anger after receiving positive or negative feedback, and the extent to which negative feedback interacted with MSR and vulnerable narcissism. Overall, compared with grandiose narcissism, both MSR and vulnerable narcissism were more associated with experiencing anger internally, self-reports of state and trait anger, high levels of neuroticism and openness, and lower levels of extraversion and global self-esteem. Both vulnerable narcissism and MSR uniquely predicted trait levels of anger and anxiety and state levels of anger after receiving negative feedback. It is concluded that MSR and vulnerable narcissism are likely identical constructs.
在临床和经验文献中，脆弱型自恋和恶性自我关注（MSR）被发现高度相关，并与理论上相关的人格结构相关联，这表明这两个结构可能比不同更相似。本研究通过考察脆弱型自恋和 MSR 与愤怒的体验和表达、与 MSR 相关的浮夸和脆弱型自恋的因子结构、MSR 和脆弱型自恋与人格的五因素模型的关联，以及在 1168 名本科生的自我报告测量中与整体自尊的关系，来检验这一假设。另一项针对 158 名本科生的研究还评估了 MSR 和脆弱型自恋在收到积极或消极反馈后如何预测状态和特质焦虑和愤怒，以及负面反馈与 MSR 和脆弱型自恋的相互作用程度。总的来说，与浮夸型自恋相比，MSR 和脆弱型自恋都与内部体验愤怒、自我报告的状态和特质愤怒、较高的神经质和开放性以及较低的外向性和整体自尊更相关。脆弱型自恋和 MSR 都能独特地预测愤怒和焦虑的特质水平，以及在收到负面反馈后愤怒的状态水平。因此得出结论，MSR 和脆弱型自恋可能是相同的结构。
