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Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating:Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2
Zita TordaiKrystle A. HearnsLetitia Anne PeplauNiki ThomaMartin VoracekIoannis TsaousisIvan LukšíkElvira ConsuegraTomasz SzlendakFrancis SichonaSteven M. PlatekShiri LavyCecilie Amalie Collin-hansenNuška PodobnikMaryanne L. FisherPetra SzeghySigal TifferetDavid P. SchmittKristina Coop GordonLiria GrimaldiPablo Vera-villarroelI. C.b. AlvesSiswa WidyatmokoPekka SanttilaBrad J. SagarinSirpa FryJanette CassonTeresa BorjaFrank Van OverwalleLiesbeth WoertmanEndre HajdúKarl GrammerSonia SalasArjan E. R. BosAnton LaireiterIsabel CastilloSolvina KonradsMarco Antonio Correa VarellaTilahun SineshawSuzanne L. OsmanChen LiPetr WeissFranz J. NeyerIvars AustersRenee V. GalliherFrancisca ExpósitoHai YeM. Shamsuddin EliasTibor KökényJens B. AsendorpfPetra DanielBrigitte KhouryTodd K. ShackelfordSóley S. BenderFiona GordonJessica M. GeriApril Bleske-rechekMargaret Makore RukuniEleanor TranthanBogusław PawłowskiGary L. BraseValery ChirkovKatherine B. CarnelleyEileen WoodDory A. SchachnerMagdalena S. HalimJanine HertelAdrian OpreSara Leyla SzenteAukse EndriulaitieneLidia AlcalayGabriel BianchiV. N. GiriSylvie LombardoIsabel BalaguerWendy W.n. WanC. Ndeya-ndereyaNebi SümerBehrooz BirashkIne VanwesenbeeckDeborah GoldenUlf-dietrich ReipsRolando Díaz-lovingGert Martin HaldKatalin LányiLars PenkeLeo Gerard A. CaralLaytonseth CurlF. S.k. TungarazaJulie FitnessKarissa FlowersShamsul HaqueAndrea Camperio CianiJasna Hudek-knezevicBrian LytheMarie Helweg-larsenJohn R. KraftMarijke Van DuynslaegerSerge DesmaraisJas Laile Suzana Binti JaafarGlenn GeherWillibald RuchLucinda WoodwardOsamu FukushimaMiroslav PopperHelmuth NyborgMelissa A. CommissoPhillip R. ShaverDora HerreraFredrick BoholstOlufemi Adigun LawalLorena CordovezV. B. OliveiraMark NelissenAgata ZupančičCraig A. AndersonEkin EremsoyJamin HalberstadtHeather J. MartinAlejandro CastroImelu G. MordenoDeborah P. WelshDmitry V. VorontsovDaniel TeferaGahyun YounDanielle CohenMichael E. MillsPatrick C. L. HeavenMarina CarvalhoAstrid SchützHenrik Høgh-olesenIgor KardumMario MikulincerKevin BennettDavid A. FrederickMary Anne LauriStanley O. GainesAmérico BaptistaLynda G. BoothroydJüri AllikWade C. RowattChris TkachKumari FernandoMariamartina CasulloVisvaldas LegkauskasRuth FalzonJosé De Almeida BritesJean ChoiEdwin G. BrainerdSanna MalinenSilvia KollerSonja LyubomirskyBarbara J. HouleTeresa Anne B. MashegoMonika SchmidtBernhard FinkAna María FernándezMiguel MoyaEduardowills HerreraJaap J. A. DenissenIrmina SukiennikSiri Katinka HarlemDelroy L. PaulhusMichael CunninghamTünde PolonyiStephen GiuntaMark ByrdToshihiko SoumaAgota KunN. Kenneth SandnabbaMary Ann Borg CunenFranco SimonettiLeif Edward Ottesen KennairEros DesouzaE. GandariCem Safak CukurKikue SakaguchiNebojša PetrovićJosé Henrique Benedetti Piccoli FerreiraDouglas A. GentileVelko S. RusA. L. AngeliniTatjana Stefanović StanojevićJ. A. CamilleriM. Burakova-lorgnierBarry X. KuhleKenneth D. LockeHeather HoffmannLindiwe B.t. SibisiRobert L. LloydHung Yu LinKonstantinos KafetsiosPepijn Van Empelensubject
Social PsychologyEducational Psychology05 social sciences*Cross Cultural Differences *Human Mate Selection *Narcissism *Personality Traits Sexual Intercourse (Human)050109 social psychology050105 experimental psychologysexualityClinical Psychology5. Gender equalityNarcissism ; sexuality ; personality ; cross-cultural psychologypersonalitycross-cultural psychologyNarcissism0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesPsychologyApplied Psychologydescription
Previous studies have documented links between sub-clinical narcissism and the active pursuit of short-term mating strategies (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality, marital infidelity, mate poaching). Nearly all of these investigations have relied solely on samples from Western cultures. In the current study, responsesfrom a cross-cultural survey of 30,470 people across 53 nations spanning 11 world regions (North America, Central/South America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and East Asia) were used to evaluate whether narcissism (as measured by the Narcissistic Personality Inventory; NPI) was universally associated with short-term mating. Results revealed narcissism scores (including two broad factors and seven traditional facets as measured by the NPI) were functionally equivalent across cultures, reliably associating with key sexual outcomes (e.g., more active pursuit of shortterm mating, intimate partner violence, and sexual aggression) and sex-related personality traits (e.g., higher extraversion and openness to experience). Whereas some features of personality (e.g., subjective well-being) were universally associated with socially adaptive facets of Narcissism (e.g., self-sufficiency), most indicators of short-term mating (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality and marital infidelity) were universally associated with the socially maladaptive facets of narcissism (e.g., exploitativeness). Discussion addresses limitations of these cross-culturally universal findings and presents suggestions for future research into revealing the precise psychological features of narcissism that facilitate the strategic pursuit of short-term mating. Creative Commons CC-BY-SA licence.
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