Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism
In the study, we were interested in the association between narcissism and three psychological constructs, which are considered important in interpersonal relationships – emotional intelligence (EI), social intelligence (SI) and empathy. We supposed that narcissism is positively correlated with EI a...
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| author | Lara Delič Petra Novak Jan Kovačič Andreja Avsec |
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| description | In the study, we were interested in the association between narcissism and three psychological constructs, which are considered important in interpersonal relationships – emotional intelligence (EI), social intelligence (SI) and empathy. We supposed that narcissism is positively correlated with EI and with the processing of social information and social skills facets of SI. At the same time, negative correlations between narcissism and social awareness and empathy were expected. The results were gathered upon 306 participants aged from 19 to 26 years (242 females and 64 males), who completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire (ESCQ), the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). The results supported the assumption of positive association between narcissism, EI and SI, while accompanying negative association with empathy. EI, social skills, perspective taking, emphatic concern and age together explain 28% of variance in predicting narcissism. Results support our expectation about differential relationship of EI, SI, and empathy with narcissism and thus confirming differential validity of these three constructs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-86e8a615eb844053a13a9e5ecf18040c2022-12-21T23:58:46ZengUniversity of RijekaPsychological Topics1332-07422011-12-01203477488Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of NarcissismLara DeličPetra NovakJan KovačičAndreja AvsecIn the study, we were interested in the association between narcissism and three psychological constructs, which are considered important in interpersonal relationships – emotional intelligence (EI), social intelligence (SI) and empathy. We supposed that narcissism is positively correlated with EI and with the processing of social information and social skills facets of SI. At the same time, negative correlations between narcissism and social awareness and empathy were expected. The results were gathered upon 306 participants aged from 19 to 26 years (242 females and 64 males), who completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), the Emotional Skills and Competence Questionnaire (ESCQ), the Tromsø Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). The results supported the assumption of positive association between narcissism, EI and SI, while accompanying negative association with empathy. EI, social skills, perspective taking, emphatic concern and age together explain 28% of variance in predicting narcissism. Results support our expectation about differential relationship of EI, SI, and empathy with narcissism and thus confirming differential validity of these three constructs.http://pt.ffri.hr/index.php/pt/article/view/44emotional intelligenceempathynarcissismsocial intelligence |
| spellingShingle | Lara Delič Petra Novak Jan Kovačič Andreja Avsec Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism Psychological Topics emotional intelligence empathy narcissism social intelligence |
| title | Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism |
| title_full | Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism |
| title_fullStr | Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism |
| title_short | Self-reported Emotional and Social Intelligence and Empathy as Distinctive Predictors of Narcissism |
| title_sort | self reported emotional and social intelligence and empathy as distinctive predictors of narcissism |
| topic | emotional intelligence empathy narcissism social intelligence |
| url | http://pt.ffri.hr/index.php/pt/article/view/44 |
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