Agentic and communal narcissism and satisfaction with life: The mediating role of psychological entitlement and self-esteem.

Magdalena A. Żemojtel‐Piotrowska,John Maltby,Jarosław P. Piotrowski

doi:10.1002/ijop.12245

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This study examined the mediational role of self-esteem (as an enhancement) and psychological entitlement (as a cost) in the relationship between an agentic-communal model of grandiose narcissism and satisfaction with life. Two hundred and forty-eight university undergraduate students completed measures of agentic and communal narcissism, self-esteem, psychological entitlement and satisfaction with life. The findings suggest that there is support for the usefulness of the agentic-communal model of narcissism, and, consistent with predictions in the wider literature, self-esteem and psychological entitlement mediated the relationship between agentic-communal narcissism and life satisfaction.

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Agentic and Communal Narcissism and Satisfaction with Life: The Mediating Role of Psychological Entitlement and Self-esteem Abstract
The current study examined the mediational role of self-esteem and psychological entitlement in the relationship between an agentic-communal model of grandiose narcissism and satisfaction with life
Congruent with the first assumption about both positive and negative effects of grandiose narcissism on subjective well-being, we found two separate mediational paths explaining the influence of narcissism on satisfaction with life

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Agentic and Communal Narcissism and Satisfaction with Life: The Mediating Role of Psychological Entitlement and Self-esteem Abstract. The current study examined the mediational role of self-esteem (as an enhancement) and psychological entitlement (as a cost) in the relationship between an agentic-communal model of grandiose narcissism and satisfaction with life. The aim of the current paper is to answer the question about the mixed effects of grandiose narcissism (in agentic and communal form) on subjective well-being, i.e. positive via self-esteem AND negative via psychological entitlement. Grandiose narcissism is associated with stable and exaggerated self-esteem, vulnerable narcissism with unstable and fragile selfesteem (Miller & Campbell, 2008). Psychological entitlement could be responsible for the negative effect of narcissism on subjective well-being

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