Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism: But only in men

Marius Leckelt*, Mitja D. Back, Joshua D. Foster, Roos Hutteman, Garrett Jaeger, Jessica McCain, Jean M. Twenge, W. Keith Campbell

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8-11
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Research in Personality
Volume60
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • Emerging adulthood
  • Gender differences
  • Macroeconomic conditions
  • Narcissism
  • Replication

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