• DOI:10.1177/0146167202239051
Corpus ID: 29837581

“Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism, Social Rejection, and Aggression

@article{Twenge2003IsntIF,
  title={“Isn’t It Fun to Get the Respect That We’re Going to Deserve?” Narcissism, Social Rejection, and Aggression},
  author={J. Twenge and W. Campbell},
  journal={Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin},
  year={2003},
  volume={29},
  pages={261 - 272}
}

J. Twenge, W. Campbell

Published 2003

Psychology, Medicine

Personality And Social Psychology Bulletin

Across four studies, narcissists were more angry and aggressive after experiencing a social rejection than were nonnarcissists. In Study 1, narcissism was positively correlated with feelings of anger and negatively correlated with more internalized negative emotions in a self-reported, past episode of social rejection. Study 2 replicated this effect for a concurrent lab manipulation of social rejection. In Study 3, narcissists aggressed more against someone who rejected them (i.e., direct… CONTINUE READING

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