TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Narcissists as "Victims": the role of narcissism in the perception of transgressions
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - McCullough, Michael E.
A1  - Emmons, Robert A.
A1  - Kilpatrick, Shelley Dean
A1  - Mooney, Courtney N.
SP  - 885
EP  - 893
VL  - 29
IS  - 7
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167203029007007
ID  - ref1
ER  -