title: Narcissism and boredom revisited: an exploration of correlates of overt and covert narcissism among Dutch university students.
abstract: This article presents a study of the relationship between narcissism, overt and covert, and seven aspects of boredom, defined as listlessness, drawn out experience of time, depletion, lack of concentration, restlessness, experience seeking, and lack of interest. The survey was conducted using questionnaires administered to 32 men and 177 women. The mean age of male respondents was 30.9 yr. (SD = 11.9), that of female respondents 30.2 yr. (SD = 12.2). In general terms, covert narcissism was found to be positively, and overt narcissism negatively, associated with boredom. The results showed a more complex pattern than was found in previous research into the relationship between narcissism and boredom and suggest that overt and covert narcissism are at opposite ends of the adjustment continuum.
authors.affiliation: School of Humanities, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands. h.j.zondag@uvt.nl
authors.forename: Hessel J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zondag
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001887:Boredom; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009289:Narcissism; D009426:Netherlands; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013998:Time Perception; D055815:Young Adult