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Narcissism, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth As Predictors Of Aggression, Grisel M. Garcia
Narcissism, Self-Esteem, Self-Worth As Predictors Of Aggression, Grisel M. Garcia
Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
Previous research has shown a relationship between narcissism and aggression, and between narcissism and self-esteem. Indeed, aspects of narcissism predict both adjusted and maladjusted forms of functioning. Therefore, narcissism appears to be both adaptive and maladaptive. In the present study, maladjusted narcissism was directly correlated with aggression, while self-esteem was inversely correlated with aggression. Another objective of this research was to relate narcissism and aggression with contingencies of self-worth. Contingencies of self-worth consisted of two relational contingencies: internal and external. Most of the external contingencies of self-worth were related to aggression, lower self-esteem, and maladaptive narcissism. In contrast internal contingencies …
An Investigation Of Sexual Narcissism As A Predictor Of Sexual Assault, Rachel Johnson
An Investigation Of Sexual Narcissism As A Predictor Of Sexual Assault, Rachel Johnson
Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations
While narcissism has been linked to aggression, studies directly examining the relationship of narcissism with sexual aggression have yielded inconsistent results. This is likely due to the global measures of narcissism used. These measures are not sensitive to whether the components of narcissism are activated in sexual versus non-sexual domains. This study examined sexual narcissism as a predictor of rape myth acceptance, which has been consistently related to sexual aggression. In addition, the researcher attempted to show that sexual narcissism is a unique predictor of sexual aggression. This was done in three phases. Phase 1 demonstrated that sexual narcissism is …