Zheng Wen, Yu Huihui, Gu Yu, Huang Yang
Department of Medical Psychology, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Feb 26;15(3):273. doi: 10.3390/bs15030273.
Prior research has yielded inconsistent findings regarding the association between narcissism and creativity, possibly due to the neglect of different narcissism subtypes. The present study aimed to elucidate the relationship between narcissism and creativity by introducing two distinct subtypes of narcissism, namely grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. A total of 571 employees (267 males, 304 females) from high-tech enterprises across 26 provinces in China completed measures of narcissism, creative performance, creative states, and self-esteem, following explicit instructions. The results indicated that participants with grandiose narcissism reported significantly higher levels of creativity states and fluency in creativity performance than those with vulnerable narcissism. Self-esteem mediated the relationship between both subtypes of narcissism and creativity. The implications of the revealed differential effects of grandiosity and vulnerability on creativity in the workplace were also discussed.
先前的研究在自恋与创造力之间的关联上得出了不一致的结果，这可能是由于忽视了不同的自恋亚型。本研究旨在通过引入两种不同的自恋亚型，即夸大性自恋和脆弱性自恋，来阐明自恋与创造力之间的关系。在中国26个省份的高科技企业中，共有571名员工（267名男性，304名女性）按照明确的指示完成了自恋、创造性表现、创造性状态和自尊的测量。结果表明，与脆弱性自恋者相比，夸大性自恋者报告的创造性状态水平和创造性表现的流畅性显著更高。自尊在两种自恋亚型与创造力之间的关系中起中介作用。还讨论了所揭示的夸大性自恋和脆弱性自恋对工作场所创造力的不同影响的意义。
