Journal article
Adolescent Narcissism, Aggression, and Prosocial Behavior: The Relevance of Socially Desirable Responding
Journal of personality assessment, Vol.99(1), pp.46-55
01/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106056
PMID: 27362301
Abstract
An important threat to validity in personality research pertains to an individual's motivation to respond in a socially desirable manner on self-report inventories. This issue was examined in this study in the context of narcissism, aggression, and prosocial behavior in a sample of at-risk adolescents. Participants were 161 adolescents (128 males, 29 females, 4 not reported) ranging in age from 16 to 19 years who were attending a residential program for youth who have dropped out of school. Overall, socially desirable response tendencies were negatively correlated with vulnerable narcissism and self-reported aggression. Moreover, low socially desirable responses strengthened the relation between narcissism and self-reported aggression. Socially desirable responding was not associated with self- or peer-reported prosocial behavior and did not moderate the relation between narcissism and prosocial behavior. These findings indicate that the relation between narcissism and aggression is attenuated by concerns with social desirability. However, further work is needed in broader samples of adolescents to more closely examine whether social desirability concerns actually mitigate aggression among some youth or signify underreporting of one's problem behaviors.
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- Title
- Adolescent Narcissism, Aggression, and Prosocial Behavior: The Relevance of Socially Desirable Responding
- Creators
- Christopher T Barry - a Department of Psychology , Washington State UniversityJoyce H L Lui - a Department of Psychology , Washington State UniversityAlexandra C Anderson - a Department of Psychology , Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Journal of personality assessment, Vol.99(1), pp.46-55
- Academic Unit
- Psychology, Department of
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547060301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article