Narcissism

Suite of correlated behavioural tendencies of individuals that are relatively stable across situations and time

Infidelity

Ellis

Freud

Vulnerable, inadequate self, resulting from unfulfilled childhood needs

Grandiose sense of self importance, excessive need for admiration, lack of empathy.

Entitlement, superiority, self-sufficiency, vanity, authority, exploitativeness, exhibitionism

Have a grandiose self-image , crave attention and admiration (addicted to self-esteem), brag, show off, and dominate conversations, entertain illusions of their own superiority, have contempt for others affiliate with high-status others, fantasise about personal success, believe they are special and deserve special treatment

Dominance, power, achievement, success, independence

Affiliation, intimacy, warmth, caring

Liked initially by partner due to charisma but soon wears off, later evaluated as arrogant, bragging and hostile

Social harmony

Negatively

Less

Inability

Increased

Narcissists who not adjusting adequately or appropriately to the environment or situation.

Increased engagement in criminal behaviour, bullying in schools and the workplace, use of non-optimal parenting styles

Narcissists invested more than non-narcissists, groups containing more narcissists destroyed the commons but had less to show for it, those working with them suffered the poorest harvest

Ego- threat led to higher aggression than no ego threat evaluations for all pp's, positive correlations between narcissism and aggression

Physical attractiveness

Extraversion and positive self perception

Less

Communal rewards

Physical pleasure

More; less

Less; more

At first, narcissist are very appealing but over time however, partner turns controlling and not concerned with interests

Likely to engage in marital violence and sexual coercion, trophy wife contributes to popularity, game players, lacking in commitment, more susceptible to infidelity, more vengeful, respond to relationship conflict with more negative behaviour and decreased commitment

Communal activation

Lack of commitment, infidelity and unrestricted socio-sexuality could promote transmission and spread STI's

Lack of communication and interest in forming intimate relationships = vulnerable at times of stress

Narcissists are psychologically healthy and is negatively correlated with daily sadness, anxiety, loneliness and depression and positively related to subjective wellbeing

Troubled relationships, hostility, aggression, competitive orientation, more crime and violence, societal repercussions