Narcissism and Self-Insight A Review and Meta-Analysis of Narcissists’ Self-Enhancement Tendencies

• Published in: Personality & social psychology bulletin Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 3 - 24
• Main Authors: Grijalva, Emily, Zhang, Luyao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2016; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attractiveness; Characteristics; Five factor model; Humans; Intelligence; Leadership; Likeability; Meta-analysis; Narcissism; Perceptions; Personality; Personality Assessment; Personality Inventory; Personality traits; Self Concept; Self interest; Selfenhancement; Selfinsight; Systematic review; Task performance; meta-analysis; self-enhancement; agency; narcissism; communion

The current article reviews the narcissism–self-enhancement literature using a multilevel meta-analytic technique. Specifically, we focus on self-insight self-enhancement (i.e., whether narcissists perceive themselves more positively than they are perceived by others); thus, we only include studies...