title: [The relationship between narcissistic personality traits and risk-taking behavior is mediated by self-monitoring].
abstract: This study investigated the hypothesis that narcissistic personality traits would affect risk-taking behaviors through self-monitoring. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory Short Version (NPI-S), the Self-monitoring Scale (SM), and the Risk-taking Behavior Scale for Undergraduates (RIBS-U) were administered to 192 university and graduate students. There were three NPI-S factors ("sense of superiority and competence", "need for attention and praise", and "self-assertion"), two SM factors ("extraversion" and "other-directedness"), and the single risk-taking factor of the RIBS-U. Covariance structure analysis was then conducted to test whether narcissistic personality traits would affect risk-taking behaviors through self-monitoring. Analysis showed that the factors of "sense of superiority and competence" and "need for attention and praise" affected risk-taking behavior through the "other-directedness" factor. However, the "self-assertion" factor was found to have a direct effect on risk-taking behavior.
authors.forename: Itsuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yazawa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010555:Personality Inventory; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking