Hostile Attribution Biases in Vulnerable Narcissists Depends on the Socio-Relational Context

IF 1.2 4区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Marta Bodecka-Zych, P. Jonason, A. Zajenkowska
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Abstract

Abstract. Narcissism, especially the vulnerable kind, is associated with anger and hostility. In a sample of outpatients, group psychotherapy ( N = 74) and community members ( N = 153), we replicated and extended previous work linking vulnerable, but not grandiose, narcissism to hostile attributions across different socio-relational contexts. We also examined if the level of ambiguity of social situations, assessed from the other-referent position, influences the relationship between vulnerable narcissism and attributing hostile intentionality, and whether narcissistic individuals distinguish hostile interpretations, depending on the level of ambiguity of the scene. In ambiguous vignettes, assessed from the self-referent position, higher levels of vulnerable narcissism were associated with a greater tendency to infer more attributions of hostile intentions with people with whom there was no close relationship (except for authority in the patient group). In the case of visual scenes, the positive relationship between vulnerable narcissism and attributed hostile intentionality appeared in accidental scenes, but not in hostile and ambiguous ones. In addition, the higher the vulnerable narcissism the lower the ability to differentiate between contextual nuances (e.g., the level of ambiguity). We replicated previous research indicating a relationship between vulnerable narcissism and hostile attribution bias, but shed new light on the phenomenon of this bias in that it appears to depend on the socio-relational context and the level of ambiguity of the situation.
脆弱自恋者的敌意归因偏见与社会关系背景有关
摘要自恋,尤其是脆弱的自恋,与愤怒和敌意联系在一起。在门诊病人、团体心理治疗(N = 74)和社区成员(N = 153)的样本中,我们复制并扩展了之前的工作,将不同社会关系背景下的脆弱(但不是浮夸)自恋与敌对归因联系起来。我们还研究了从他指立场评估的社会情境的模糊程度是否会影响脆弱自恋和归因于敌对意向性之间的关系,以及自恋个体是否会根据情境的模糊程度区分敌对解释。在模棱两可的小片段中,从自我指涉位置评估,高水平的脆弱自恋与更大的倾向相关联,他们更倾向于推断与没有亲密关系的人(除了病人组中的权威)有更多的敌意意图。在视觉场景中,脆弱自恋与归因敌对意向性之间的正相关关系出现在偶然场景中,而不出现在敌对和模糊场景中。此外,脆弱自恋程度越高,区分语境细微差别的能力就越低(例如,模棱两可的程度)。我们重复了先前的研究,表明了脆弱自恋和敌对归因偏见之间的关系,但对这种偏见的现象有了新的认识,因为它似乎取决于社会关系背景和情况的模糊程度。
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Journal of Individual Differences
Journal of Individual Differences PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: Researchers, teachers, and students interested in all areas of individual differences (e.g., gender, temperament, personality, intelligence) and their assessment in human and animal research will find the Journal of Individual Differences useful. The Journal of Individual Differences publishes manuscripts dealing with individual differences in behavior, emotion, cognition, and their developmental aspects. This includes human as well as animal research. The Journal of Individual Differences is conceptualized to bring together researchers working in different areas ranging from, for example, molecular genetics to theories of complex behavior.
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