Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men

•Replication of Bianchi (2014).•Used five samples from two countries with a total N>11,000.•Additionally investigated gender differences.•Average unemployment during emerging adulthood only tempers later narcissism in men.•Results were robust against several alternative ways of analyzing our data...

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Published in:Journal of research in personality 2016-02, Vol.60, p.8-11
Main Authors: Leckelt, Marius, Back, Mitja D., Foster, Joshua D., Hutteman, Roos, Jaeger, Garrett, McCain, Jessica, Twenge, Jean M., Campbell, W. Keith
Format: Article
Language:English
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Emerging adulthood
Gender differences
Macroeconomic conditions
Narcissism
Replication
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Summary:•Replication of Bianchi (2014).•Used five samples from two countries with a total N>11,000.•Additionally investigated gender differences.•Average unemployment during emerging adulthood only tempers later narcissism in men.•Results were robust against several alternative ways of analyzing our data. In a recent study, Bianchi (2014) showed that macroeconomic conditions (i.e. average unemployment rate) during the years of emerging adulthood (ages 18–25) are inversely related to adult narcissism. Fletcher (2015) called into question the robustness of the results and Grijalva et al. (2015) presented meta-analytic support for real gender differences in narcissism. Here we report combined results from five studies (N=11,394) showing that the average unemployment rate during emerging adulthood indeed tempers later narcissism – but only in men.
ISSN:0092-6566
1095-7251
DOI:10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.006