SCIENCEDIRECT Fearing, not loving, the reflection https://bnarcissisticabuserecovery.runboard.com/t25826 Runboard| SCIENCEDIRECT Fearing, not loving, the reflection en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:33:51 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:33:51 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 SCIENCEDIRECT Fearing, not loving, the reflectionhttps://bnarcissisticabuserecovery.runboard.com/p240553,from=rss#post240553https://bnarcissisticabuserecovery.runboard.com/p240553,from=rss#post240553Narcissism and Self Love http://samvak.tripod.com/faq23.html http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886914006060 Personality and Individual Differences Volume 74, February 2015, Pages 280–284 Fearing, not loving, the reflection: Narcissism, self-esteem, and self-discrepancy theory Michael D. Barnett, , Palee M. Womack doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.032 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.10.032)    Highlights • Explored self-esteem and narcissism through the lens of self-discrepancy theory. • Found evidence of incremental validity for self-discrepancies in assessing self-esteem and narcissism. • Results suggest narcissism is associated with an undesired, not ideal, self-concept. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract This study used self-discrepancy theory to explore self-esteem and narcissism. College students (N = 450) completed measures of self-discrepancy, affect, self-esteem, and narcissism. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses found that self-discrepancies explained variance in self-esteem and narcissism beyond that explained by affect. Results also indicated that the actual-ideal and actual-undesired self-discrepancies predicted self-esteem, while the actual-undesired self-discrepancy was the only significant predictor of narcissism. This study provides evidence of incremental validity for self-discrepancies in measuring self-esteem and narcissism. It also suggests that narcissism is associated with an undesired, not an ideal, self-concept. Published by Elsevier (https://www.elsevier.com/) nondisclosed_email@example.com (samvaknin)Sat, 28 Oct 2017 05:44:19 +0000