Narcissism in Romantic Relationships: Using Communal Activation to Promote Relationship Enhancing Attitudes.

IF 4.6 Q2 MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS
ACS Applied Bio Materials Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-24 DOI:10.1080/00223980.2023.2255925
Judith N Biesen, David A Smith
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Abstract

Background: People with elevated vulnerable narcissism (VN) or grandiose narcissism (GN) trait levels tend to experience greater difficulties in their romantic relationships than their counterparts with lower levels of VN or GN. Although there are no evidence-based approaches to alter the interpersonal behavior of persons with VN or GN traits, experimental research shows that it is possible to produce relationship-enhancing attitudes in people with GN traits through communal activation (CA). Objective: We examined whether a CA manipulation in the context of relationship education improves attitudes that promote romantic relationship health, and whether VN and GN would moderate these associations. Method: Participants (Nwomen =148, Nmen = 71) watched psychoeducational videos on relationships and were randomly assigned to either answer questions about the videos' content (control group) or to complete CA exercises (experimental group) in addition to questionnaires to measure empathy, criticism, commitment, desire for closeness, and communication (positive interaction, demand/withdraw communication, criticize/defend communication) before and after the experimental manipulation. Results: There was a main effect of condition, such that, relative to the control group, fewer improvements in perceived demand/withdraw communication were observed in the experimental condition. VN, but not GN, moderated the link between condition and commitment, demand/withdraw and criticize/defend communication, such that elevated VN levels predicted the most improvement in commitment, demand/withdraw and criticize/defend communication in the experimental condition. Discussion: We conclude with recommendations to adopt ego-enhancing reinforcement for communal behaviors with clients who endorse GN traits and considering less personally relevant CA exercises with clients who endorse VN traits.

浪漫关系中的自恋:利用共同激活来促进关系改善态度。
背景:与VN或GN水平较低的人相比,脆弱自恋(VN)或自大自恋(GN)特征水平较高的人在恋爱关系中往往会遇到更大的困难。尽管没有基于证据的方法来改变具有VN或GN特征的人的人际行为,实验研究表明,具有GN特征的人可以通过共同激活(CA)产生增进关系的态度。目的:我们研究了在关系教育背景下操纵CA是否会改善促进浪漫关系健康的态度,以及VN和GN是否会调节这些关联。方法:参与者(女性=148,男性=71)观看了关于人际关系的心理教育视频,并被随机分配回答关于视频内容的问题(对照组)或完成CA练习(实验组),此外还进行了问卷调查,以测量同理心、批评、承诺、亲近欲望,以及实验操作前后的沟通(积极互动、要求/撤回沟通、批评/辩护沟通)。结果:存在条件的主要影响,因此,与对照组相比,在实验条件下,观察到感知需求/撤回沟通的改善较少。VN(而非GN)调节了条件与承诺、要求/撤回和批评/辩护沟通之间的联系,因此VN水平的升高预测了实验条件下承诺、要求-撤回和批评-辩护沟通的最大改善。讨论:最后,我们建议对支持GN特质的客户的公共行为采用自我增强强化,并考虑对支持VN特质的客户进行与个人不太相关的CA练习。
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ACS Applied Bio Materials
ACS Applied Bio Materials Chemistry-Chemistry (all)
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