@article{ref1,
title="Narcissists as "Victims": the role of narcissism in the perception of transgressions",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2003",
author="McCullough, Michael E. and Emmons, Robert A. and Kilpatrick, Shelley Dean and Mooney, Courtney N.",
volume="29",
number="7",
pages="885-893",
abstract="Narcissism is a set of traits that are motivated by the desire to establish and maintain a grandiose self-image. Consistent with this conceptualization, the authors hypothesized that narcissistic people perceive themselves to be the victims of other people's inter-personal transgressions more frequently than do less narcissistic people. In a 14-day diary study, the authors found that narcissism (particularly in its exploitiveness/entitlement dimension) was associated positively with the number and frequency of transgressions that respondents reported. The narcissism-victimization relationship appears to result, at least in part, from biased recall or self-presentation. The exploitiveness/entitlement dimension of narcissism may be particularly useful for explaining why narcissistic people report higher rates of interpersonal transgressions in their daily lives.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167203029007007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167203029007007"
}