Rawn Kyle P, Keller Peggy S, Widiger Thomas A
Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2025 Oct;128(5):3393-3411. doi: 10.1177/00332941231208900. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
Previous research has highlighted how parent narcissism relates to parenting broadly. However, research has not examined how facets of grandiose narcissism are associated with parenting tactics, nor how these facets may indirectly affect child development. The current study assesses parenting tactics as intervening variables in associations between facets of grandiose narcissism and child internalizing/externalizing. Participants were 457 parents of a child between six and 18. Parents completed a survey assessing grandiose narcissism, positive and negative parenting tactics, and reported on child internalizing/externalizing behaviors. Higher parent grandiosity and entitlement/exploitation were associated with more negative parenting tactics and less positive parenting tactics. Negative parenting tactics intervened in relations between these facets of grandiose narcissism and child internalizing and externalizing. Conversely, higher levels of leadership/authority were related to more positive parenting tactics. Results suggest that deficits in parenting may be a mechanism for how parent grandiose narcissism relates to child mental health.
先前的研究已经强调了父母自恋与广义上的养育方式之间的关系。然而，研究尚未考察夸大性自恋的各个方面如何与养育策略相关联，也未考察这些方面可能如何间接影响儿童发展。当前的研究将养育策略评估为夸大性自恋各方面与儿童内化/外化问题之间关联的中介变量。参与者为457名6至18岁孩子的父母。父母们完成了一项调查，评估夸大性自恋、积极和消极的养育策略，并报告孩子的内化/外化行为。较高的父母夸大和特权/剥削与更多的消极养育策略以及更少的积极养育策略相关。消极养育策略在夸大性自恋的这些方面与儿童内化和外化之间的关系中起中介作用。相反，较高水平的领导力/权威与更多的积极养育策略相关。结果表明，养育方面的不足可能是父母夸大性自恋与儿童心理健康之间关系的一种机制。
