title: Narcissism: its function in modulating self-conscious emotions.
abstract: This study focused on the functional aspects of narcissism in regulating self-conscious emotions (guilt, shame, hubristic pride, and achievement-oriented pride) as well as two other attribution styles (externalization and detachment). The authors investigated Japanese university students (N = 452) with regard to their self-conscious emotions using the Test of Self-Conscious Affect-3 (TOSCA-3) and their narcissistic personality using the short version of Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-S). Structural equation modeling was used for the analysis. The authors found that narcissism led individuals to feel achievement-oriented pride, hubristic pride, externalization, and detachment, but inhibited feelings of shame. It did not have a significant effect on guilt. Shame-proneness prompted hubristic pride and externalization. Guilt-proneness inclined an individual toward achievement-oriented pride, but deterred externalization. In this article, the authors present and interpret these results in detail and then discuss how they can be utilized in psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioethics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Life Sciences, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan 860-8556. ujimasayo@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Masayo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uji
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009289:Narcissism; D009769:Object Attachment; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D055815:Young Adult