Distracted by the mirror? Associations between narcissism, self-esteem and gaze behavior during self-face viewing

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Research in Personality Pub Date : 2025-07-05 DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104632

Jonas Potthoff, Gabriela Hofer, Anne Schienle

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Abstract

Self-viewing varies significantly among individuals. The present eye-tracking study investigated whether specific facets of grandiose narcissism and self-esteem are associated with gaze behavior during self-face viewing.

In a novel visual probe task, participants pressed a button when a visual target appeared next to a mirror reflecting their face. The task required participants to shift their attention away from their reflection that acted as a distractor. Task performance and gaze behavior were analyzed in relation to general grandiose narcissism, domain-specific narcissism, self-esteem, and self-worth contingencies.

Participants with higher grandiose narcissism and self-esteem spent more time fixating their face, suggesting that people with higher self-esteem or narcissism are more easily distracted by their face than people with lower levels of these traits.

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被镜子分散了注意力？自恋、自尊和凝视行为之间的关系

自我观察在个体之间差异很大。本研究调查了浮夸型自恋和自尊的特定方面是否与自我面部观察时的凝视行为有关。在一项新颖的视觉探测任务中，当一个视觉目标出现在镜子旁时，参与者按下一个按钮。这项任务要求参与者将注意力从作为干扰物的自己的倒影上移开。研究了任务表现和凝视行为与一般浮夸型自恋、特定领域自恋、自尊和自我价值随变的关系。自大自恋和自尊程度较高的参与者会花更多的时间盯着自己的脸，这表明自尊或自恋程度较高的人比这些特征程度较低的人更容易被自己的脸分散注意力。

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来源期刊

Journal of Research in Personality PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.10%

发文量

102

审稿时长

67 days

期刊介绍： Emphasizing experimental and descriptive research, the Journal of Research in Personality presents articles that examine important issues in the field of personality and in related fields basic to the understanding of personality. The subject matter includes treatments of genetic, physiological, motivational, learning, perceptual, cognitive, and social processes of both normal and abnormal kinds in human and animal subjects. Features: • Papers that present integrated sets of studies that address significant theoretical issues relating to personality. • Theoretical papers and critical reviews of current experimental and methodological interest. • Single, well-designed studies of an innovative nature. • Brief reports, including replication or null result studies of previously reported findings, or a well-designed studies addressing questions of limited scope.