Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism: But only in men
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2016-02-01
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Leckelt, Marius
Back, Mitja D.
Foster, Joshua D.
Hutteman, R.
Jaeger, Garrett
McCain, Jessica
Twenge, Jean M.
Campbell, W. Keith
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Abstract
In a recent study, Bianchi (2014) showed that macroeconomic conditions (i.e. average unemployment rate) during the years of emerging adulthood (ages 18-25) are inversely related to adult narcissism. Fletcher (2015) called into question the robustness of the results and Grijalva et al. (2015) presented meta-analytic support for real gender differences in narcissism. Here we report combined results from five studies (N = 11,394) showing that the average unemployment rate during emerging adulthood indeed tempers later narcissism - but only in men.
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Emerging adulthood, Gender differences, Macroeconomic conditions, Narcissism, Replication, Taverne, Social Psychology, General Psychology, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Leckelt, M, Back, M D, Foster, J D, Hutteman, R, Jaeger, G, McCain, J, Twenge, J M & Campbell, W K 2016, 'Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism : But only in men', Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 60, pp. 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2015.10.006