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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Grandiose"”.
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The self-presentation profile of grandiose narcissism
Although it is generally accepted that grandiose narcissism is related to using self-presentation tactics, many fundamental questions about this issue remain unanswered. For example, among 12 common self-presentation tactics, which are typical of grandiose narcissism? Is grandiose narcissism …
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Narcissism and relationship satisfaction: The impact of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on relationship duration
… study investigates relationship satisfaction of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism in short- and long-term relationships. Participants include 164 Texas Woman’s University students. The participants are asked to complete an online survey first gathering demographics and then measuring for …
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The narcissistic teammate: effects of narcissistic subtypes on self-serving attributional biases
… behavior. Narcissism can be broken down into the grandiose subtype, characterized by superiority and entitlement, and the vulnerable subtype, characterized by low self-esteem and preoccupation with others' opinions. The purpose of the current study was to investigate whether grandiose and …
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The Relationship Between Facets of Envy and Narcissism Subtype in a Non-Clinical Sample
… and malicious envy), and types of narcissism (grandiose and vulnerable narcissism). CCNY undergraduates completed online self-report questionnaires and a virtual task in exchange for course credit. In addition to measures of grandiose narcissism (Narcissistic Personality Inventory and …
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Facets of Narcissism in Relation to Muscle Dysmorphia and Eating Disorder Symptomotology
… in relation different facets of narcissism: grandiose and hypersensitive. Participants for the current study included 173 male students that were recruited via departmental Study Board. Participants completed demographic information, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40, the …
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Les amitiés chez les jeunes adultes : implications du narcissisme
… 1971, 1984) et se déclinant en deux phénotypes (grandiose, vulnérable), ou 2) normal, comprenant à la fois des caractéristiques adaptatives et non adaptatives. Peu importe la conceptualisation, plusieurs auteurs sont d’avis que le narcissisme est en hausse dans la société occidentale moderne, …
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Clarifying the Association Between the Subtypes of Narcissism and Suicide Risk
… to the two distinct forms of narcissism (i.e., grandiose and vulnerable). The current study aimed to examine the association between the components of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (IPTS; Joiner, 2005; i.e., thwarted belongingness, perceived burdensomeness, and the …
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Driven to look good: the role of narcissism in concerns about body perception and motivations to act on those concerns
… that individuals with higher levels of grandiose narcissistic tendencies would be more likely to utilize traditional narcissistic motivations such as competition and social recognition to alter their body shape and size. Individuals with higher levels of vulnerable narcissistic traits …
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Genius or Charlatanry? - A psychobiographical reinterpretation of the life and works of Buckminster Fuller
… explanatory hypothesis that he suffered from grandiose narcissism. The latter hypothesis effectively positions the study in the field of psychobiography. To test the principal hypothesis, the study analyses not only the extent to which Fuller's works and theorizations were original and valid, …
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Climbing the corporate ladder: desired skills and successful psychopaths
… as superficial charm, cool decisiveness, and a grandiose self-worth, are often treated synonymously with corporate leadership qualities. Consequently, successful psychopaths are actively being selected for corporate positions as they exemplify the perfect candidate. These successful psychopaths, …
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John Spaghotte
… a world full of materialistic pleasures and grandiose, fictional heroes. In the formulation of his novel Schuler argues that artistic creation, appreciation, study, and the development of a critical scope to see the world with lead to a better understand his own identity while his protagonist …
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Lonely Monsters
… foul modern-day aristocrat who masquerades as a grandiose and romantic prince. The story's protagonist, Fisher Franklin, loses two key relationships—as well as her sound mind—in the wake of the false prince's folly. Utilizing her experiences as a child within the lavish lives of the Estates—at …
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"A Boost Into Manhood" Violence and Aggression as it Relates to Sex Role Confusion
<p>This writer has taken on a seemingly grandiose task of explaining violence and aggressive behavior in adolescents in association with sex role confusion. First of all a typical psychoanalytic viewpoint will be presented which explains this struggle in a traditional since; i.e., that violence and …
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Feminine Gemeindemetaphorik im Neuen Testament
… als ausgesprochene Hoffnungbilder, wie die grandiose Schlussvision von der Braut des Lammes und vom neuen Jerusalem zeigt.
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Occult Communism: culture, science and spirituality in late socialist Bulgaria
… Minister of Culture Lyudmila Zhivkova initiated grandiose state programs to inject the “occult” into Bulgaria’s national culture, art, science and even political philosophy. Inspired by her Eastern religious beliefs, she sought to ‘breed’ a nation of “all-round and harmoniously developed …
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Men who identify as sex addicts – an IPA study
… relational ruptures and insecure attachments, grandiose selfstatements, and enhancing intersubjectivity, not only focusing on symptom-management. The study also highlights the need for supervision, and researcher and therapist reflexivity. Future research should focus further on the role of …
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Melting resources: A historical analysis of the 1932 Olympic Winter and Summer Games (New York, California).
… Olympic Games have been criticized as being too grandiose and expensive to stage. While the IOC's Programme Commission attempts to address these concerns, one need only look to the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, and Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, to find possible …
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Inventing Inca Music: Indigenist Discourses in Nationalist and Americanist Art Music in Peru, Ecuador and Argentina (1910-1930)
… Americans with new information about their ‘grandiose’ former civilisations, such as the Inca and the Aztec, which some then argued for as an American equivalent to ancient Greek and Egyptian cultures. These discourses moved from the political to the cultural sphere, themselves shaping ideas …
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Fostering community support for mega events: a narrative inquiry of stories and experiences in the context of Cape Town, South Africa.
… popular because of their universal appeal, grandiose nature and capacity to engender lasting legacies that offer the host community an opportunity to unite in celebration, generate international exposure and develop the locale. As a result, developed nations are not the only countries …
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Staging modern statehood: world exhibitions and the rhetoric of publishing in late Qing China, 1851-1910
… attempted to overwhelm China with its more grandiose exhibits, including those from its colony, Taiwan. In the wake of the Hundred Days’ Reforms of 1898, Chinese intellectuals were becoming increasingly antagonistic toward the Qing government, whose incompetence and corruption were …
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