The Association Between Vulnerable/Grandiose Narcissism and Emotion Regulation
fpsyg-11-519330 October 9, 2020 Time: 14:52 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 15 October 2020 doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.519330 The Association Between Vulnerable/Grandiose Narcissism and Emotion Regulation Leonie A. K. Loeffler1*, Anna K. Huebben1, Sina Radke1,2, Ute Habel1,2,3 and Birgit Derntl4,5,6* 1 Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 2 JARA-Institute Brain Structure Function Relationship, Research Center Jülich, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 3 Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine 10, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 4 Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical School, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 5 Werner Reichardt Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, 6 LEAD Graduate School and Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany Narcissism has been widely discussed in the context of career success and leadership. Besides several adaptive traits, narcissism has been characterized by difficulties in emotion regulation. However, despite its essential role in mental health, there is little research on emotion regulation processes in narcissism. Specifically, the investigation Edited by: Jiajin Yuan, of not only the habitual use of specific regulation strategies but also the actual ability Southwest University, China to regulate is needed due to diverging implications for treatment approaches. Thereby Reviewed by: it is important to differentiate between vulnerable and grandiose narcissism as these Stefan Sütterlin, Østfold University College, Norway two phenotypes might be related differently to regulation deficits. The aim of this study Radosław Rogoza, was to examine the association between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski´ University, emotion regulation in healthy individuals (30f/30m) focusing on the strategy reappraisal.
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