Abstract
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, responses from 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 short-term 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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 89-137 |
| Number of pages | 49 |
| Journal | Psihologijske Teme |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2017 |
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Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.Spanish title translation - Narcisismo y búsqueda estratégica del emparejamiento a corto plazo a través de las culturas: enlaces omnipresentes a través de 11 regiones mundiales del Proyecto de la descripción de la sexualidad internacional 2
Keywords
- narcissism
- sexuality
- personality
- cross-cultural psychology
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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. / Schmitt, David P.; Alcalay, Lidia; Allik, Jüri; Alves, I. C. B.; Anderson, Craig A.; Angelini, A. L.; Asendorpf, Jens B.; Austers, Ivars; Balaguer, Isabel; Baptista, Américo; Bender, Sóley S.; Bennett, Kevin; Bianchi, Gabriel; Birashk, Behrooz; Bleske-Rechek, April; Boholst, Fredrick A.; Boothroyd, Lynda; Borja, Teresa; Bos, Arjan; Brainerd, Edwin; Brase, Gary L.; Brites, José; Burakova-Lorgnier, M.; Byrd, Mark; Camilleri, J. A.; Ciani, Andrea Camperio; Caral, Leo Gerard A.; Carnelley, Katherine B.; Carvalho, Marina; Casson, Janette; Castillo, Isabel; Castro, Alejandro; Casullo, Mariamartina; Chirkov, Valery I.; Choi, Jean; Cohen, Danielle; Collin-Hansen, Cecilie Amalie; Commisso, Melissa A.; Consuegra, Elvira; Cordovez, Lorena; Cukur, Cem Safak; Cunen, Mary Ann Borg; Cunningham, Michael; Curl, Layton Seth; Daniel, Petra; Denissen, Jaap J.A.; Desmarais, Serge; Desouza, Eros; Diaz-Loving, Rolando; Elias, M. Shamsuddin; Endriulaitiene, Aukse; Eremsoy, Ekin; Expósito, Francisca; Falzon, Ruth; Fernandez, Ana Maria; Fernando, Kumari; Ferreira, José H.B.P.; Fink, Bernhard; Fisher, Maryanne; Fitness, Julie; Flowers, Karissa; Frederick, David; Fry, Sirpa; Fukushima, Osamu; Gaines, Stanley O.; Galliher, Renee V.; Gandari, E.; Geher, Glenn; Gentile, Douglas A.; Geri, Jessica M.; Giri, V. N.; Golden, Deborah; Gordon, Fiona; Gordon, Kristina C.; Grammer, Karl; Grimaldi, Liria; Giunta, Stephen; Hajdú, Endre; Halberstadt, Jamin; Hald, Gert; Halim, Magdalena S.; Haque, Shamsul; Harlem, Siri Katinka; Hearns, Krystle A.; Heaven, Patrick; Helweg-Larsen, Marie; Herrera, Eduardowills; Herrera, Dora; Hertel, Janine; Hoffmann, Heather; Høgh-Olesen, Henrik; Houle, Barbara J.; Hudek-Knezevic, Jasna; Jaafar, Jas; Kafetsios, Konstantinos; Kardum, Igor; Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen; Khoury, Brigitte; Kökény, Tibor; Koller, Silvia; Konrads, Solvina; Kraft, John R.; Kuhle, Barry X.; Kun, Agota; Laireiter, Anton Rupert; Lányi, Katalin; Lauri, Maryanne; Lavy, Shiri; Lawal, Olufemi Adigun; Legkauskas, Visvaldas; Li, Chen; Lin, Hung Yu; Lloyd, Robert; Locke, Kenneth D.; Lombardo, Sylvie A.; Luksik, Ivan; Lythe, Brian; Lyubomirsky, Sonja; Malinen, Sanna; Martin, Heather J.; Mashego, Teresa Anne B.; Mills, Michael E.; Mikulincer, Mario; Mordeno, Imelu G.; Moya, Miguel; Ndeya-Ndereya, C.; Nelissen, Mark; Neyer, Franz J.; Nyborg, Helmuth; Oliveira, V. B.; Opre, Adrian; Osman, Suzanne L.; Paulhus, Delroy L.; Pawlowski, Boguslaw; Penke, Lars; Peplau, Letitia Anne; Petrovic, Nebojsa; Platek, Steven M.; Podobnik, Nuška; Polonyi, Tünde; Popper, Miroslav; Reips, Ulf Dietrich; Rowatt, Wade C.; Ruch, Willibald; Rukuni, Margaret Makore; Rus, Velko S.; Sagarin, Brad J.; Sakaguchi, Kikue; Salas, Sonia; Kenneth Sandnabba, N.; Santtila, Pekka; Schachner, Dory A.; Schmidt, Monika; Schütz, Astrid; Shackelford, Todd K.; Shaver, Phillip R.; Sibisi, Lindiwe B.T.; Sichona, Francis; Simonetti, Franco; Sineshaw, Tilahun; Souma, Toshihiko; Stanojevic, Tatjana Stefanovic; Sukiennik, Irmina; Sümer, Nebi; Szeghy, Petra; Szente, Sara Leyla; Szlendak, Tomasz; Tefera, Daniel; Thoma, Niki; Tifferet, Sigal; Tkach, Chris; Tordai, Zita; Tranthan, Eleanor; Tsaousis, Ioannis; Tungaraza, F. S.K.; Van Duynslaeger, Marijke; Van Empelen, Pepijn; Van Overwalle, Frank; Vanwesenbeeck, Ine; Varella, Marco Antônio Corrêa; Vera-Villarroel, Pablo; Voracek, Martin; Vorontsov, Dmitry; Wan, Wendy; Weiss, Petr; Welsh, Deborah P.; Widyatmoko, Siswa; Woertman, Liesbeth; Wood, Eileen; Woodward, Lucinda; Ye, Hai; Youn, Gahyun; Zupančič, Agata.
In: Psihologijske Teme, Vol. 26, No. 1, 01.05.2017, p. 89-137.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Narcissism and the strategic pursuit of short-term mating
T2 - universal links across 11 world regions of the international sexuality description project-2
AU - Schmitt, David P.
AU - Alcalay, Lidia
AU - Allik, Jüri
AU - Alves, I. C. B.
AU - Anderson, Craig A.
AU - Angelini, A. L.
AU - Asendorpf, Jens B.
AU - Austers, Ivars
AU - Balaguer, Isabel
AU - Baptista, Américo
AU - Bender, Sóley S.
AU - Bennett, Kevin
AU - Bianchi, Gabriel
AU - Birashk, Behrooz
AU - Bleske-Rechek, April
AU - Boholst, Fredrick A.
AU - Boothroyd, Lynda
AU - Borja, Teresa
AU - Bos, Arjan
AU - Brainerd, Edwin
AU - Brase, Gary L.
AU - Brites, José
AU - Burakova-Lorgnier, M.
AU - Byrd, Mark
AU - Camilleri, J. A.
AU - Ciani, Andrea Camperio
AU - Caral, Leo Gerard A.
AU - Carnelley, Katherine B.
AU - Carvalho, Marina
AU - Casson, Janette
AU - Castillo, Isabel
AU - Castro, Alejandro
AU - Casullo, Mariamartina
AU - Chirkov, Valery I.
AU - Choi, Jean
AU - Cohen, Danielle
AU - Collin-Hansen, Cecilie Amalie
AU - Commisso, Melissa A.
AU - Consuegra, Elvira
AU - Cordovez, Lorena
AU - Cukur, Cem Safak
AU - Cunen, Mary Ann Borg
AU - Cunningham, Michael
AU - Curl, Layton Seth
AU - Daniel, Petra
AU - Denissen, Jaap J.A.
AU - Desmarais, Serge
AU - Desouza, Eros
AU - Diaz-Loving, Rolando
AU - Elias, M. Shamsuddin
AU - Endriulaitiene, Aukse
AU - Eremsoy, Ekin
AU - Expósito, Francisca
AU - Falzon, Ruth
AU - Fernandez, Ana Maria
AU - Fernando, Kumari
AU - Ferreira, José H.B.P.
AU - Fink, Bernhard
AU - Fisher, Maryanne
AU - Fitness, Julie
AU - Flowers, Karissa
AU - Frederick, David
AU - Fry, Sirpa
AU - Fukushima, Osamu
AU - Gaines, Stanley O.
AU - Galliher, Renee V.
AU - Gandari, E.
AU - Geher, Glenn
AU - Gentile, Douglas A.
AU - Geri, Jessica M.
AU - Giri, V. N.
AU - Golden, Deborah
AU - Gordon, Fiona
AU - Gordon, Kristina C.
AU - Grammer, Karl
AU - Grimaldi, Liria
AU - Giunta, Stephen
AU - Hajdú, Endre
AU - Halberstadt, Jamin
AU - Hald, Gert
AU - Halim, Magdalena S.
AU - Haque, Shamsul
AU - Harlem, Siri Katinka
AU - Hearns, Krystle A.
AU - Heaven, Patrick
AU - Helweg-Larsen, Marie
AU - Herrera, Eduardowills
AU - Herrera, Dora
AU - Hertel, Janine
AU - Hoffmann, Heather
AU - Høgh-Olesen, Henrik
AU - Houle, Barbara J.
AU - Hudek-Knezevic, Jasna
AU - Jaafar, Jas
AU - Kafetsios, Konstantinos
AU - Kardum, Igor
AU - Kennair, Leif Edward Ottesen
AU - Khoury, Brigitte
AU - Kökény, Tibor
AU - Koller, Silvia
AU - Konrads, Solvina
AU - Kraft, John R.
AU - Kuhle, Barry X.
AU - Kun, Agota
AU - Laireiter, Anton Rupert
AU - Lányi, Katalin
AU - Lauri, Maryanne
AU - Lavy, Shiri
AU - Lawal, Olufemi Adigun
AU - Legkauskas, Visvaldas
AU - Li, Chen
AU - Lin, Hung Yu
AU - Lloyd, Robert
AU - Locke, Kenneth D.
AU - Lombardo, Sylvie A.
AU - Luksik, Ivan
AU - Lythe, Brian
AU - Lyubomirsky, Sonja
AU - Malinen, Sanna
AU - Martin, Heather J.
AU - Mashego, Teresa Anne B.
AU - Mills, Michael E.
AU - Mikulincer, Mario
AU - Mordeno, Imelu G.
AU - Moya, Miguel
AU - Ndeya-Ndereya, C.
AU - Nelissen, Mark
AU - Neyer, Franz J.
AU - Nyborg, Helmuth
AU - Oliveira, V. B.
AU - Opre, Adrian
AU - Osman, Suzanne L.
AU - Paulhus, Delroy L.
AU - Pawlowski, Boguslaw
AU - Penke, Lars
AU - Peplau, Letitia Anne
AU - Petrovic, Nebojsa
AU - Platek, Steven M.
AU - Podobnik, Nuška
AU - Polonyi, Tünde
AU - Popper, Miroslav
AU - Reips, Ulf Dietrich
AU - Rowatt, Wade C.
AU - Ruch, Willibald
AU - Rukuni, Margaret Makore
AU - Rus, Velko S.
AU - Sagarin, Brad J.
AU - Sakaguchi, Kikue
AU - Salas, Sonia
AU - Kenneth Sandnabba, N.
AU - Santtila, Pekka
AU - Schachner, Dory A.
AU - Schmidt, Monika
AU - Schütz, Astrid
AU - Shackelford, Todd K.
AU - Shaver, Phillip R.
AU - Sibisi, Lindiwe B.T.
AU - Sichona, Francis
AU - Simonetti, Franco
AU - Sineshaw, Tilahun
AU - Souma, Toshihiko
AU - Stanojevic, Tatjana Stefanovic
AU - Sukiennik, Irmina
AU - Sümer, Nebi
AU - Szeghy, Petra
AU - Szente, Sara Leyla
AU - Szlendak, Tomasz
AU - Tefera, Daniel
AU - Thoma, Niki
AU - Tifferet, Sigal
AU - Tkach, Chris
AU - Tordai, Zita
AU - Tranthan, Eleanor
AU - Tsaousis, Ioannis
AU - Tungaraza, F. S.K.
AU - Van Duynslaeger, Marijke
AU - Van Empelen, Pepijn
AU - Van Overwalle, Frank
AU - Vanwesenbeeck, Ine
AU - Varella, Marco Antônio Corrêa
AU - Vera-Villarroel, Pablo
AU - Voracek, Martin
AU - Vorontsov, Dmitry
AU - Wan, Wendy
AU - Weiss, Petr
AU - Welsh, Deborah P.
AU - Widyatmoko, Siswa
AU - Woertman, Liesbeth
AU - Wood, Eileen
AU - Woodward, Lucinda
AU - Ye, Hai
AU - Youn, Gahyun
AU - Zupančič, Agata
N1 - Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher. Spanish title translation - Narcisismo y búsqueda estratégica del emparejamiento a corto plazo a través de las culturas: enlaces omnipresentes a través de 11 regiones mundiales del Proyecto de la descripción de la sexualidad internacional 2
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - 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, responses from 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 short-term 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.
AB - 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, responses from 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 short-term 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.
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KW - sexuality
KW - personality
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