Are narcissists sexy? : zeroing in on the effect of narcissism on short-term mate appeal

2013
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90
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dc.abstract.enThis research was aimed to provide a comprehensive test of the classic notion that narcissistic individuals are appealing as short-term romantic or sexual partners. In three studies, we tested the hypotheses that narcissism exerts a positive effect on an individual’s mate appeal and that this effect is mediated by high physical attractiveness and high social boldness. We implemented a multimethod approach and used ratings of opposite sex persons (Study 1), ratings of friends (Study 2), and records of courtship outcomes in naturalistic interactions (Study 3) as indicators of mate appeal. In all cases, narcissism had a positive effect on mate appeal, which was mainly due to the agentic self-enhancement aspects of narcissism (rather than narcissists’ lacking communion). As predicted, physical attractiveness and social boldness mediated the positive effect of narcissism on mate appeal. Findings further indicated that narcissism was more strongly linked to mate appeal than to friend appeal.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologiipl
dc.contributor.authorDufner, Michaelpl
dc.contributor.authorRauthmann, John F.pl
dc.contributor.authorCzarna, Anna - 160314 pl
dc.contributor.authorDenissen, Jaap J. A.pl
dc.date.accession2017-01-16pl
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-21T11:27:17Z
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dc.date.issued2013pl
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dc.description.additionalAutorka podpisana na publikacji: Anna Z. Czarnapl
dc.description.number7pl
dc.description.physical870-882pl
dc.description.points40pl
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.description.volume39pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0146167213483580pl
dc.identifier.eissn1552-7433pl
dc.identifier.issn0146-1672pl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/5389
dc.identifier.weblinkhttp://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167213483580pl
dc.languageengpl
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dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.subject.ennarcissismpl
dc.subject.enmatingpl
dc.subject.enattractivenesspl
dc.subject.enboldnesspl
dc.subject.enpopularitypl
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dc.titleAre narcissists sexy? : zeroing in on the effect of narcissism on short-term mate appealpl
dc.title.journalPersonality and Social Psychology Bulletinpl
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dc.abstract.enpl
This research was aimed to provide a comprehensive test of the classic notion that narcissistic individuals are appealing as short-term romantic or sexual partners. In three studies, we tested the hypotheses that narcissism exerts a positive effect on an individual’s mate appeal and that this effect is mediated by high physical attractiveness and high social boldness. We implemented a multimethod approach and used ratings of opposite sex persons (Study 1), ratings of friends (Study 2), and records of courtship outcomes in naturalistic interactions (Study 3) as indicators of mate appeal. In all cases, narcissism had a positive effect on mate appeal, which was mainly due to the agentic self-enhancement aspects of narcissism (rather than narcissists’ lacking communion). As predicted, physical attractiveness and social boldness mediated the positive effect of narcissism on mate appeal. Findings further indicated that narcissism was more strongly linked to mate appeal than to friend appeal.
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Wydział Filozoficzny : Instytut Psychologii
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Dufner, Michael
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Rauthmann, John F.
dc.contributor.authorpl
Czarna, Anna - 160314
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Denissen, Jaap J. A.
dc.date.accessionpl
2017-01-16
dc.date.accessioned
2015-04-21T11:27:17Z
dc.date.available
2015-04-21T11:27:17Z
dc.date.issuedpl
2013
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w momencie opublikowania
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Autorka podpisana na publikacji: Anna Z. Czarna
dc.description.numberpl
7
dc.description.physicalpl
870-882
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40
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ostateczna wersja wydawcy
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39
dc.identifier.doipl
10.1177/0146167213483580
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1552-7433
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0146-1672
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http://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/5389
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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167213483580
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eng
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eng
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Dodaję tylko opis bibliograficzny
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Inna otwarta licencja
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otwarte czasopismo
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narcissism
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mating
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attractiveness
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boldness
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popularity
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Article
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Are narcissists sexy? : zeroing in on the effect of narcissism on short-term mate appeal
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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