I feel smart today! A daily diary study on narcissism and self-assessed intelligence

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Beitragende

  • Radosław Rogoza - , University of Economics and Human Sciences in Warsaw, University of Lleida (Autor:in)
  • Marcin Zajenkowski - , University of Warsaw (Autor:in)
  • Marco Di Sarno - , Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (Autor:in)
  • Maria Flakus - , Polish Academy of Sciences (Autor:in)
  • Lidia Baran - , University of Silesia in Katowice, Uniwersytet Wrocławski (Autor:in)
  • Rossella Di Pierro - , Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca (Autor:in)
  • Georg Krammer - , Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark (Autor:in)
  • Emanuel Jauk - , Professur für Klinische Psychologie und Behaviorale Neurowissenschaft, Medizinische Universität Graz, Technische Universität Dresden (Autor:in)
  • Ramzi Fatfouta - (Autor:in)

Abstract

While the objective level of intelligence is not associated with narcissism, relations to self-assessed intelligence (SAI) have been repeatedly reported. Existing research suggests that different facets of narcissism may have different associations with SAI. In the current daily diary study (N = 176; N = 3975 total observations), we employed dynamic structural equation modeling to examine the relationships between facets of trait and state narcissism (i.e., agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic) and the level, variability, and instability of SAI assessed over 28 consecutive days. Both trait and state narcissism were consistently related to SAI: agentic narcissism showed a positive relationship, whereas antagonistic and neurotic narcissism showed negative relationships with SAI. Trait agentic and state antagonistic narcissism predicted greater variability of SAI scores throughout the study, while neither trait nor state narcissism predicted the instability of SAI. Finally, we found that experiencing increased agentic narcissism on one day, predicted perceiving oneself as more intelligent on the next day, but feeling smarter did not predict feeling narcissistic over time. Moreover, we demonstrated that differentiating between narcissism facets yielded more theoretically accurate results compared to distinguishing between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)677-691
Seitenumfang15
FachzeitschriftEuropean journal of personality
Jahrgang38
Ausgabenummer4
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Juli 2024
Peer-Review-StatusJa

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Schlagwörter

  • daily diary, narcissism, personality, self-assessed intelligence, variability