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Narcissism and Discrepancy Between Self and Friends' Perceptions of P ersonality
Author(s) -
Park Sun W.,
Colvin C. Randall
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of personality
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.082
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1467-6494
pISSN - 0022-3506
DOI - 10.1111/jopy.12053
Subject(s) - narcissism , psychology , social psychology , perception , neuroscience
Abstract Most research on narcissism and person perception has used strangers as perceivers. However, research has demonstrated that strangers' ratings are influenced by narcissists' stylish appearance ( B ack, S chmukle, & E gloff, 2010). In the present study, we recruited participants and their close friends, individuals whose close relationship should immunize them to participants' superficial appearance cues. We investigated the relation between narcissism and personality ratings by self and friends. Participants ( N = 66; 38 women; M age = 20.83 years) completed the N arcissistic P ersonality I nventory ( R askin & T erry, 1988) and described their personality on the 100‐item C alifornia A dult Q ‐Sort ( CAQ ; B lock, 2008). Participants' personality was also described on the CAQ by close friends. The “optimally adjusted individual” prototype was used to summarize participant and friend personality ratings ( B lock, 2008). Participants with high narcissism scores were ascribed higher optimal adjustment by self than by friends. N arcissistic individuals' self‐ratings were extremely positive and more favorable than friends' ratings of them.