Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Center for Therapeutic Assessment, Austin, Texas.
J Pers Disord. 2022 Aug;36(4):455-475. doi: 10.1521/pedi.2022.36.4.455.
Narcissism can be conceived hierarchically at three levels: as a global construct (Level 1), as two dimensions (Level 2; grandiosity and vulnerability), and as a trifurcated model with three underlying dimensions: interpersonal antagonism, narcissistic neuroticism, and agentic extraversion (Level 3). The aim of the study was to examine how narcissism dimensions across the three levels differ in their associations with various forms of interpersonal functioning. The authors assessed multiple domains of interpersonal functioning using data collected from 447 MTurk workers, 606 students, and 365 informants. Each narcissism dimension showed unique interpersonal profiles. The profile of interpersonal antagonism largely resembles grandiose and total narcissism in its interpersonal characteristics, narcissistic neuroticism largely resembles vulnerable narcissism, and agentic extraversion does not differ much from the traditional conceptualization of extraversion in its interpersonal qualities (e.g., high communion). Future studies may benefit from studying narcissism and how it relates to other psychological constructs using the trifurcated model.
作为一个整体结构（第 1 级）、作为两个维度（第 2 级；夸大和脆弱），以及作为一个具有三个潜在维度的三分模型：人际对抗、自恋神经症和能动外向（第 3 级）。本研究旨在探讨三个层次上的自恋维度在与各种形式的人际功能的关联上有何不同。作者使用从 447 名 MTurk 工人、606 名学生和 365 名知情人那里收集的数据评估了多个人际功能领域。每个自恋维度都表现出独特的人际特征。人际对抗的特征与夸大和全能自恋在人际特征上大致相似，自恋神经症在很大程度上与脆弱自恋相似，能动外向在人际特质上与传统的外向概念化差异不大（例如，高交际）。未来的研究可能会受益于使用三分模型研究自恋以及它与其他心理结构的关系。
