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  Where the narcissistic mind wanders: Increased self-related thoughts are more positive and future-oriented

Kanske, P., Sharifi, M., Smallwood, J., Dziobek, I., & Singer, T. (2017). Where the narcissistic mind wanders: Increased self-related thoughts are more positive and future-oriented. Journal of Personality Disorders, 31(4), 553-566. doi:10.1521/pedi_2016_30_263.

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Kanske, Philipp1, Author           
Sharifi, Marjan1, 2, Author           
Smallwood, Jonathan3, Author           
Dziobek, Isabel2, Author           
Singer, Tania1, Author           
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1Department Social Neuroscience, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Max Planck Society, ou_634552              
2Berlin School of Mind and Brain, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, ou_persistent22              
3Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: Narcissism is characterized by a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, beauty, and similar values, which has been discussed as intra-individual regulation of a grandiose, but vulnerable self-concept. To explore where the narcissistic mind wanders, we used an experience-sampling approach in a sample with large variability in pathological narcissism inventory scores. Multilevel modeling revealed (1) more mind-wandering in participants with higher levels of narcissism and (2) a difference in the content of these thoughts (more self- and other-related, past and future oriented, negative content). Critically, (3) in high levels of narcissism, the self-related thoughts were associated with more positive valence and were also more future oriented. The results demonstrate the validity of the assumed grandiose, self-absorbed view of oneself in narcissism, which includes self-indulgent fantasies of future success. We also found additional evidence for negative, past-oriented thoughts in narcissism, a dysfunctional pattern reminiscent of rumination, possibly linked to increased psychopathological vulnerability in narcissism.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 20162016-09-122017-08
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2016_30_263
PMID: 27617653
Other: Epub 2016
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Title: Journal of Personality Disorders
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Publ. Info: New York : Guilford Press
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 31 (4) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 553 - 566 Identifier: ISSN: 0885-579X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925551356