The Relationship Between Sex Addiction and Shame Moderated by Overt and Covert Narcissism in a Gender-Balanced Adult Sample
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Authors | Chloe Cameron, Yasuhiro Kotera and Dean Fido |
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Abstract | Despite sex addiction research showing the importance of excessive sexual behavior, through shame and narcissism, specific divisions of narcissism remain under-researched. This study examined the moderating effect of overt and covert narcissism on the sex addiction-shame relationship, whilst controlling for self-compassion and self-esteem in a cross-sectional sample (n=376, 50.8% females). We confirmed positive relationships between sex addiction and shame, however neither overt nor covert narcissism moderated this relationship. Mediation analyses found that covert narcissism mediated the sex addiction-shame relationship. Findings indicate the importance of interventions targeting covert narcissism tendencies to help reduce shame in sex addiction. |
Keywords | sex addiction; Mediation; narcissism |
Year | 2022 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9m4fs |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9m4fs |
Output status | Submitted |
Publication dates | 24 Oct 2022 |
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Deposited | 01 Jun 2023 |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/9z084/the-relationship-between-sex-addiction-and-shame-moderated-by-overt-and-covert-narcissism-in-a-gender-balanced-adult-sample
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