Cargando…

Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument

The dark triad (DT) traits are differentially related to psychometrically assessed life history strategy (LHS), such that psychopathy is strongly associated with a faster LHS, whereas narcissism appears to be, if anything, a slow LHS indicator. However, the research supporting these generalizations...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Manson, Joseph H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32799693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474704920946236
_version_ 1785075655950467072
author Manson, Joseph H.
author_facet Manson, Joseph H.
author_sort Manson, Joseph H.
collection PubMed
description The dark triad (DT) traits are differentially related to psychometrically assessed life history strategy (LHS), such that psychopathy is strongly associated with a faster LHS, whereas narcissism appears to be, if anything, a slow LHS indicator. However, the research supporting these generalizations has been based largely on undergraduate samples in which LHS has been measured using the Arizona Life History Battery (ALHB; or its short version the Mini-K), an instrument that arguably lacks adequate coverage of low-extroversion content linked to a slower LHS. In this study, 929 U.S. MTurk workers completed a set of DT instruments, a 10-item Big Five Inventory, a 42-item version of the ALHB (K-SF-42), and the life history rating form (LHRF), which is less weighted toward high extroversion content than the ALHB. Factor analysis of the DT instruments yielded factors corresponding to callousness, secondary psychopathy, and socially adaptive narcissism (leadership/authority and grandiose exhibitionism). Callousness and secondary psychopathy were fast LHS indicators with respect to both LHS instruments. Socially adaptive narcissism appeared as a slow LHS indicator with respect to the K-SF-42 but as a fast LHS indicator with respect to the LHRF. Variation in extroversion accounted entirely for the K-SF-42’s positive association with socially adaptive narcissism. This study suggests that narcissism’s apparent status as a slow LHS indicator may be more a matter of measurement than of substance.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10358412
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher SAGE Publications
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-103584122023-08-17 Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument Manson, Joseph H. Evol Psychol Original Article The dark triad (DT) traits are differentially related to psychometrically assessed life history strategy (LHS), such that psychopathy is strongly associated with a faster LHS, whereas narcissism appears to be, if anything, a slow LHS indicator. However, the research supporting these generalizations has been based largely on undergraduate samples in which LHS has been measured using the Arizona Life History Battery (ALHB; or its short version the Mini-K), an instrument that arguably lacks adequate coverage of low-extroversion content linked to a slower LHS. In this study, 929 U.S. MTurk workers completed a set of DT instruments, a 10-item Big Five Inventory, a 42-item version of the ALHB (K-SF-42), and the life history rating form (LHRF), which is less weighted toward high extroversion content than the ALHB. Factor analysis of the DT instruments yielded factors corresponding to callousness, secondary psychopathy, and socially adaptive narcissism (leadership/authority and grandiose exhibitionism). Callousness and secondary psychopathy were fast LHS indicators with respect to both LHS instruments. Socially adaptive narcissism appeared as a slow LHS indicator with respect to the K-SF-42 but as a fast LHS indicator with respect to the LHRF. Variation in extroversion accounted entirely for the K-SF-42’s positive association with socially adaptive narcissism. This study suggests that narcissism’s apparent status as a slow LHS indicator may be more a matter of measurement than of substance. SAGE Publications 2020-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10358412/ /pubmed/32799693 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474704920946236 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Original Article
Manson, Joseph H.
Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title_full Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title_fullStr Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title_full_unstemmed Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title_short Is Narcissism a Slow Life History Strategy Indicator?: The Answer Depends on the LHS Instrument
title_sort is narcissism a slow life history strategy indicator?: the answer depends on the lhs instrument
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10358412/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32799693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474704920946236
work_keys_str_mv AT mansonjosephh isnarcissismaslowlifehistorystrategyindicatortheanswerdependsonthelhsinstrument