I am great, but only when I also want to dominate: Maladaptive narcissism moderates the relationship between adaptive narcissism and performance under pressure
Journal article
Authors | Zhang, Shuge, Roberts, Ross, Woodman, Tim and Cooke, Andrew |
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Abstract | Narcissism-performance research has focused on grandiose narcissism but has not examined the interaction between its so-called adaptive (reflecting over-confidence) and maladaptive (reflecting a domineering orientation) components. In this research, we tested interactions between adaptive and maladaptive narcissism using two motor tasks (basketball and golf in Experiments 1-2, respectively) and a cognitive task (letter transformation; Experiment 3). Across all experiments, adaptive narcissism predicted performance under pressure only when maladaptive narcissism was high. In the presence of maladaptive narcissism, adaptive narcissism also predicted decreased pre-putt time in Experiment 2 and an adaptive psychophysiological response in Experiment 3, reflecting better processing efficiency. Findings suggest that individuals high in both aspects of narcissism perform better under pressure thanks to superior task processing. In performance contexts, the terms “adaptive” and “maladaptive” – adopted from social psychology – are over-simplistic and inaccurate. We believe that self-inflated narcissism and dominant narcissism are better monikers for these constructs. |
Keywords | Grandiose Narcissism; Self-inflated Narcissism; Dominant Narcissism; Self-enhancement; Processing Efficiency |
Year | 2020 |
Journal | Journal of sport & exercise psychology |
Publisher | Human Kinetics |
ISSN | 0895-2779 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.2019-0204 |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/624937 |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
hdl:10545/624937 | |
Publication dates | Aug 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 26 Jun 2020, 11:05 |
Accepted | 07 Apr 2020 |
Rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
Contributors | Bangor University and University of Derby |
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