title: Narcissism, Bullying, and Social Dominance in Youth: A Longitudinal Analysis.
abstract: A few previous studies have shown that narcissistic traits in youth are positively associated with bullying. However, research examining the developmental relationship between narcissism and bullying is lacking. Moreover, it is unclear whether narcissists constitute a homogeneous group and whether the bullying of narcissistic youth results in establishing social dominance over peers. The present work addresses these gaps. Children (N = 393; M age = 10.3; 51% girls) were followed during the last 3 years of primary school. Person-centered analyses were used to examine whether groups with distinct developmental trajectories for narcissism and two bullying forms (direct and indirect) can be identified, and how these trajectories are related. Multiple groups emerged for all constructs examined. For girls, higher narcissism was neither related to more intense bullying, nor to higher social dominance. In contrast, highly narcissistic boys were more likely than their peers to show elevated direct bullying, and in particular elevated indirect bullying. Hence, high narcissism is a risk factor for bullying in boys, but not in girls. However, narcissism is not always accompanied by high bullying, given that many boys on the high bullying trajectories were not high in narcissism. Results show that among narcissistic youth only those who engage in high levels of bullying are high in social dominance.
authors: Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80150, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.h.a.reijntjes@uu.nl.
authors: Albert
authors: A
authors: Reijntjes
authors: Department of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80150, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Marjolijn
authors: M
authors: Vermande
authors: University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
authors: Sander
authors: S
authors: Thomaes
authors: Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Frits
authors: F
authors: Goossens
authors: Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors: Tjeert
authors: T
authors: Olthof
authors: Department of Developmental Psychological, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Liesbeth
authors: L
authors: Aleva
authors: Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors: Matty
authors: M
authors: Van der Meulen
mesh_terms: D058445:Bullying; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010379:Peer Group; D012737:Sex Factors; D012930:Social Dominance; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Bullying; Gender differences; Joint trajectory analysis; Narcissism; Social dominance
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