Hatemi PK, Fazekas Z. The role of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on mask wearing and vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Curr Psychol 2022;
42:1-11. [PMID:
35437342 PMCID:
PMC9008371 DOI:
10.1007/s12144-022-03080-4]
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Abstract
In a large nationally representative study in the United States, we explored the role of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism on adhering to protective measures against COVID-19. Controlling for one's politics, perception of risk, state policies, and important demographics, we find higher grandiose narcissism predicts less vaccination and less mask-wearing, but more telling other people to wear a mask, if one wears a mask. The individual facets of higher entitlement/exploitativeness predicted less mask-wearing and less vaccination while higher authority/leadership-seeking predicted telling others to wear a mask, but not getting vaccinated. Regarding vulnerable narcissism, higher self-centered/egocentrism predicted less mask-wearing or vaccination, while higher oversensitivity-to-judgement predicted more mask-wearing and vaccination. Our results are consistent with expectations that reflect narcissism's multidimensionality, and present a nuanced picture of narcissism's role in adhering to protective policies.
Supplementary Information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-03080-4.
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