Grandiose narcissism may be composed of narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry; theoretically, narcissistic admiration may develop into narcissistic rivalry if the person feels inadequate. To test this idea, participants (N = 1147) completed measures of narcissistic admiration, narcissistic rivalry, self-esteem, and indicated rivalrous responses to hypothetical provocations. As expected, positive relationships between narcissistic admiration and narcissistic rivalry or situated rivalrous responding were each larger at lower (vs. higher) selfesteem; moreover, interactive effects of narcissistic admiration and self-esteem on situated rivalrous responding were mediated by narcissistic rivalry. The data suggest self-esteem may protect narcissistic people from developing narcissistic rivalry and thus reduce their situated rivalrous responding.
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Psychol Sci, Crawley, Australia
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Gignac, Gilles E.
Zajenkowski, Marcin
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Univ Warsaw, Fac Psychol, Warsaw, PolandUniv Western Australia, Sch Psychol Sci, Crawley, Australia
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Univ Western Australia, Sch Psychol Sci, Crawley, Australia
Univ Western Australia, Sch Psychol, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, AustraliaUniv Western Australia, Sch Psychol Sci, Crawley, Australia
Gignac, Gilles E.
Zajenkowski, Marcin
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