The anxious addictive narcissist
- Vulnerable narcissism and grandiose narcissism share the core of the narcissistic self but are considered as separate forms of this personality trait. While previous research mainly focused on the mechanisms that connect grandiose narcissism and addictive use of the social platform Facebook, it remained unclear why individuals with enhanced levels of vulnerable narcissism are at risk to develop Facebook Addiction (FA). The present study investigated the links between vulnerable and grandiose narcissism, anxiety symptoms, and FA. In a sample of 327 Facebook users (age: \(\it M(SD)\) = 23.67(3.96), range: 18–56), both forms of narcissism were positively related to anxiety symptoms and FA. Moreover, the association between both forms of narcissism and FA was partly mediated by anxiety symptoms. Results enter new territory by revealing hidden similarities between vulnerable and grandiose narcissists, emphasizing that similar mechanisms might explain their enhanced risk to develop addictive tendencies of Facebook use. These findings should be considered when assessing individuals at risk for FA and when developing (therapeutic) intervention programs to deal with problematic use of social platforms.
Author: | Julia BrailovskaiaORCiDGND, Elke RohmannGND, Hans-Werner BierhoffGND, Jürgen MargrafORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-78011 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241632 |
Parent Title (English): | PLoS ONE |
Subtitle (English): | the relationship between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, anxiety symptoms and Facebook Addiction |
Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
Place of publication: | San Francisco |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/01/26 |
Date of first Publication: | 2020/11/02 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 11, Article e0241632 |
First Page: | e0241632-1 |
Last Page: | e0241632-17 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Forschungs- und Behandlungszentrum für psychische Gesundheit |
Fakultät für Psychologie, Klinische Psychologie & Psychotherapie | |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Psychologie |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |