NARCISSISM AND SELF ESTEEM 1 Narcissism and self-esteem: A nomological network analysis Courtland S. Hyatt1, Chelsea E. Sleep1, Joanna Lamkin2¶, Jessica L. Maples-Keller3¶, Constantine Sedikides4, W. Keith Campbell1, Joshua D. Miller1 1University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America 2Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Veterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America 3Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America 4University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom *Corresponding author Email:
[email protected] (CSH) ¶These authors contributed equally to this work. Note: as of 7/11/2018, this work is in press at PLOS ONE. NARCISSISM AND SELF ESTEEM 2 Abstract Similarity between narcissism and self-esteem seems intuitive, as both capture positive perceptions of the self. In the current undertaking, we provide a broad comparison of the nomological networks of grandiose narcissism and explicit self-esteem. Pooling data from 11 existing samples (N = 4711), we compared the relations of narcissism and self-esteem to developmental experiences, individual differences, interpersonal functioning, and psychopathology. Both constructs are positively related to agentic traits and assertive interpersonal approaches, but differ in relation to agreeableness/communion. Self-esteem emerged as a wholly adaptive construct negatively associated with internalizing psychopathology and generally unrelated to externalizing behaviors. Unlike self-esteem, narcissism was related to callousness, grandiosity, entitlement, and demeaning attitudes towards others that likely partially explain narcissism’s links to maladaptive outcomes. Introduction Narcissism is a personality construct typically characterized by grandiosity, vanity, entitlement, and exploitativeness.