‘narcissism’ directory
- See Also
- Gwern
- Links
- “The Mystery of Rennes-Le-Château, Part 5: The Man Behind the Curtain”, Maher 2026
- “Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth: The Famously Reclusive Novelist Amassed a Collection of Thousands of Books Ranging in Topics from Philosophical Treatises to Advanced Mathematics to the Naked Mole-Rat”, Grant 2025
- “The Ick: Disgust Sensitivity, Narcissism, and Perfectionism in Mate Choice Thresholds”, Collisson et al 2025
- “Further Evidence for the Dark-Ego-Vehicle Principle: Higher Pathological Narcissistic Grandiosity and Virtue Signaling Are Related to Greater Involvement in LGBTQ and Gender Identity Activism”, Krispenz & Bertrams 2024
- “35 ‘Icks’ About Men That No One Talks About But Are Very, Very, Unsettlingly Real: If You Wanna Get over a Guy, Just Picture Him Swimming With Goggles On”, Robinson 2024
- “Development of Narcissism Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analytic Review of Longitudinal Studies”, Orth et al 2024
- “The Dark Side of Environmental Activism”, Zacher 2023
- “The Dark Triad of Personality and Folk Intuitions about Free Will and Moral Responsibility”, Djeriouat 2023
- “Assessing the Nature of Large Language Models: A Caution against Anthropocentrism”, Speed 2023
- “Understanding Left-Wing Authoritarianism: Relations to the Dark Personality Traits, Altruism, and Social Justice Commitment”, Krispenz & Bertrams 2023
- “Are Androgynous People More Creative Than Gender Conforming People?”, Liu & Damian 2022
- “Filling in the Gaps: False Memories and Partisan Bias”, Armaly & Enders 2022
- “Even the Stars Think That I Am Superior: Personality, Intelligence and Belief in Astrology”, Andersson et al 2021
- “General Intelligence and the Dark Triad: A Meta-Analysis”, Michels 2021
- “The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Homosexuals and Bisexuals Have Higher Dark Triad Traits Than Heterosexuals”, Jonason & Luoto 2021
- “Mind-Body Practices & Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer Et Al 2018’s Experiments 1 & 2”, Vaughan-Johnston et al 2021
- “Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes”, Buser et al 2021 (page 3)
- “In the Mind of the Beholder: Narcissism Relates to a Distorted and Enhanced Self-Image”, Steiner et al 2021
- “Looking under the Tinfoil Hat: Clarifying the Personological and Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs”, Bowes et al 2020
- “Signaling Virtuous Victimhood As Indicators of Dark Triad Personalities”, Ok et al 2020
- “It Had to Be Her: Review of Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler, Haste 2019”, Schine 2020
- “Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence”, Appel et al 2019
- “Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide”, Nai et al 2019
- “How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump As an Icon of American Success”
- “Is Self-Regard a Sociometer or a Hierometer? Self-Esteem Tracks Status and Inclusion, Narcissism Tracks Status”, Mahadevan et al 2019
- “The Rich are Different: Unravelling the Perceived and Self-Reported Personality Profiles of High-Net-Worth Individuals”, Leckelt et al 2018
- “Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Questions”, Highhouse et al 2018
- “The Dark Core of Personality”, Moshagen et al 2018
- “Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review”, Dufner et al 2018
- “An Exploratory Study of ‘Selfitis’ and the Development of the Selfitis Behavior Scale”, Balakrishnan & Griffiths 2017
- “Is Hillary Dishonest and Donald Narcissistic? A HEXACO Analysis of the Presidential Candidates’ Public Personas”, Visser et al 2017
- “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny: Is the Head of Y Combinator Fixing the World, or Trying to Take over Silicon Valley?”, Friend 2016
- “Welcome to Nixonland [Trumpism]”
- “Winners, Losers, Insiders, and Outsiders: Comparing Hierometer and Sociometer Theories of Self-Regard”, Mahadevan et al 2016
- “Narcissism and Self-Insight: A Review and Meta-Analysis of Narcissists’ Self-Enhancement Tendencies”, Grijalva & Zhang 2015
- “The Dark Tetrad: Identifying Personality Profiles in High-School Students”, Chabrol et al 2015
- “Don’t Become Elliot Rodger”, Concierge 2014
- “The Frequency of Personality Disorders in Patients With Gender Identity Disorder”, Meybodi et al 2014
- “The Perceived Attractiveness and Traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists Are Perceived As Hot, Machiavellians and Psychopaths Not”, Rauthmann & Kolar 2013
- “The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality”, Giudice et al 2011
- “Reality at Odds With Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance”, Nevicka et al 2011
- “Narcissism and Academic Dishonesty: The Exhibitionism Dimension and the Lack of Guilt”, Brunell et al 2010
- “The Normalization of Deviance in Healthcare Delivery”, Banja 2010
- “Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder”, Pincus & Lukowitsky 2009
- “Impulsivity and the Self-Defeating Behavior of Narcissists”, Vazire & Funder 2006
- “Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, Or Healthier Lifestyles?”, Baumeister et al 2003
- “Narcissism in the Epistemological Pit”, Swan & Benack 2002
- Saints and Psychopaths, Hamilton 1995
- “The Golden Boy”, Gaiman et al 1993
- “Mining the Silver Lining of the Trump Presidency”
- “On Awful Behavior from Awakened People”, Chapin 2026
- “What Is Malevolence? On the Nature, Measurement, and Distribution of Dark Traits”
- “Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud”
- “Why Do Republican Leaders Continue to Enable Trump”
- “‘Bring Me the Poison’: On the Trail With Trump’s Inner Circle of Suck-Ups”
- “How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything”
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See Also
Gwern
“The Tragedy of Grand Admiral Thrawn”, Gwern 2019
“Book Reviews”, Gwern 2013
“Review Of 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, Dikötter 2016”, Gwern 2019
“𝑈𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑘𝑜: The Hopium Of The Magics”, Gwern 2018
Links
“The Mystery of Rennes-Le-Château, Part 5: The Man Behind the Curtain”, Maher 2026
The Mystery of Rennes-le-Château, Part 5: The Man Behind the Curtain
“Two Years After Cormac McCarthy’s Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth: The Famously Reclusive Novelist Amassed a Collection of Thousands of Books Ranging in Topics from Philosophical Treatises to Advanced Mathematics to the Naked Mole-Rat”, Grant 2025
“The Ick: Disgust Sensitivity, Narcissism, and Perfectionism in Mate Choice Thresholds”, Collisson et al 2025
The ick: Disgust sensitivity, narcissism, and perfectionism in mate choice thresholds
“Further Evidence for the Dark-Ego-Vehicle Principle: Higher Pathological Narcissistic Grandiosity and Virtue Signaling Are Related to Greater Involvement in LGBTQ and Gender Identity Activism”, Krispenz & Bertrams 2024
“35 ‘Icks’ About Men That No One Talks About But Are Very, Very, Unsettlingly Real: If You Wanna Get over a Guy, Just Picture Him Swimming With Goggles On”, Robinson 2024
“Development of Narcissism Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analytic Review of Longitudinal Studies”, Orth et al 2024
Development of Narcissism Across the Life Span: A Meta-Analytic Review of Longitudinal Studies
“The Dark Side of Environmental Activism”, Zacher 2023
“The Dark Triad of Personality and Folk Intuitions about Free Will and Moral Responsibility”, Djeriouat 2023
The Dark Triad of personality and folk intuitions about free will and moral responsibility
“Assessing the Nature of Large Language Models: A Caution against Anthropocentrism”, Speed 2023
Assessing the nature of large language models: A caution against anthropocentrism
“Understanding Left-Wing Authoritarianism: Relations to the Dark Personality Traits, Altruism, and Social Justice Commitment”, Krispenz & Bertrams 2023
“Are Androgynous People More Creative Than Gender Conforming People?”, Liu & Damian 2022
Are androgynous people more creative than gender conforming people?
“Filling in the Gaps: False Memories and Partisan Bias”, Armaly & Enders 2022
“Even the Stars Think That I Am Superior: Personality, Intelligence and Belief in Astrology”, Andersson et al 2021
Even the stars think that I am superior: Personality, intelligence and belief in astrology
“General Intelligence and the Dark Triad: A Meta-Analysis”, Michels 2021
“The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Homosexuals and Bisexuals Have Higher Dark Triad Traits Than Heterosexuals”, Jonason & Luoto 2021
“Mind-Body Practices & Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer Et Al 2018’s Experiments 1 & 2”, Vaughan-Johnston et al 2021
“Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes”, Buser et al 2021 (page 3)
“In the Mind of the Beholder: Narcissism Relates to a Distorted and Enhanced Self-Image”, Steiner et al 2021
In the mind of the beholder: Narcissism relates to a distorted and enhanced self-image
“Looking under the Tinfoil Hat: Clarifying the Personological and Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs”, Bowes et al 2020
“Signaling Virtuous Victimhood As Indicators of Dark Triad Personalities”, Ok et al 2020
Signaling virtuous victimhood as indicators of Dark Triad personalities
“It Had to Be Her: Review of Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler, Haste 2019”, Schine 2020
It Had to Be Her: Review of Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler, Haste 2019
“Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence”, Appel et al 2019
Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence
“Donald Trump, Populism, and the Age of Extremes: Comparing the Personality Traits and Campaigning Styles of Trump and Other Leaders Worldwide”, Nai et al 2019
“How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump As an Icon of American Success”
How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success
“Is Self-Regard a Sociometer or a Hierometer? Self-Esteem Tracks Status and Inclusion, Narcissism Tracks Status”, Mahadevan et al 2019
“The Rich are Different: Unravelling the Perceived and Self-Reported Personality Profiles of High-Net-Worth Individuals”, Leckelt et al 2018
“Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Questions”, Highhouse et al 2018
Dark Motives and Elective Use of Brainteaser Interview Questions
“The Dark Core of Personality”, Moshagen et al 2018
“Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review”, Dufner et al 2018
Self-Enhancement and Psychological Adjustment: A Meta-Analytic Review
“An Exploratory Study of ‘Selfitis’ and the Development of the Selfitis Behavior Scale”, Balakrishnan & Griffiths 2017
An Exploratory Study of ‘Selfitis’ and the Development of the Selfitis Behavior Scale
“Is Hillary Dishonest and Donald Narcissistic? A HEXACO Analysis of the Presidential Candidates’ Public Personas”, Visser et al 2017
“Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny: Is the Head of Y Combinator Fixing the World, or Trying to Take over Silicon Valley?”, Friend 2016
“Welcome to Nixonland [Trumpism]”
Welcome to Nixonland [Trumpism]
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“Winners, Losers, Insiders, and Outsiders: Comparing Hierometer and Sociometer Theories of Self-Regard”, Mahadevan et al 2016
“Narcissism and Self-Insight: A Review and Meta-Analysis of Narcissists’ Self-Enhancement Tendencies”, Grijalva & Zhang 2015
Narcissism and Self-Insight: A Review and Meta-Analysis of Narcissists’ Self-Enhancement Tendencies
“The Dark Tetrad: Identifying Personality Profiles in High-School Students”, Chabrol et al 2015
The Dark Tetrad: Identifying personality profiles in high-school students
“Don’t Become Elliot Rodger”, Concierge 2014
View External Link:
https://www.tumblr.com/hotelconcierge/87341171254/dont-become-elliot-rodger
“The Frequency of Personality Disorders in Patients With Gender Identity Disorder”, Meybodi et al 2014
The frequency of personality disorders in patients with gender identity disorder
“The Perceived Attractiveness and Traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists Are Perceived As Hot, Machiavellians and Psychopaths Not”, Rauthmann & Kolar 2013
“The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality”, Giudice et al 2011
The Distance Between Mars and Venus: Measuring Global Sex Differences in Personality
“Reality at Odds With Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance”, Nevicka et al 2011
Reality at Odds With Perceptions: Narcissistic Leaders and Group Performance
“Narcissism and Academic Dishonesty: The Exhibitionism Dimension and the Lack of Guilt”, Brunell et al 2010
Narcissism and academic dishonesty: The exhibitionism dimension and the lack of guilt
“The Normalization of Deviance in Healthcare Delivery”, Banja 2010
“Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder”, Pincus & Lukowitsky 2009
Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
“Impulsivity and the Self-Defeating Behavior of Narcissists”, Vazire & Funder 2006
“Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, Or Healthier Lifestyles?”, Baumeister et al 2003
“Narcissism in the Epistemological Pit”, Swan & Benack 2002
Saints and Psychopaths, Hamilton 1995
“The Golden Boy”, Gaiman et al 1993
“Mining the Silver Lining of the Trump Presidency”
“On Awful Behavior from Awakened People”, Chapin 2026
“What Is Malevolence? On the Nature, Measurement, and Distribution of Dark Traits”
What is malevolence? On the nature, measurement, and distribution of dark traits
“Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud”
“Why Do Republican Leaders Continue to Enable Trump”
“‘Bring Me the Poison’: On the Trail With Trump’s Inner Circle of Suck-Ups”
‘Bring Me the Poison’: On the Trail With Trump’s Inner Circle of Suck-Ups
“How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything”
How One Man Tried to Build a DMT-Based Cult on Reddit and Lost Everything
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Wikipedia (39)
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/doc/history/1983-07-schratz-admiralrickoverandthecultofpersonality.htmlhttp://chronicle.com/article/The-Millennial-Muddle-How-/48772/http://nabeelqu.com/blog/the-smears-against-edward-snowden-have-begunhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/books/hitler-ascent-volker-ullrich.htmlhttps://aeon.co/essays/hermann-hesse-and-the-double-edged-sword-of-dwelling-on-ones-selfhttps://alexdanco.com/2021/01/22/the-michael-scott-theory-of-social-class/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-04591-4https://magazine.atavist.com/watch-it-burn-france-europe-carbon-fraud-scam-vat-betrayal/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4333314View External Link:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/24/two-attitudes-in-psychiatry/View External Link:
https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/02/24/two-attitudes-in-psychiatry/https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2020/05/23/mazes-sequence-summary/https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/why-do-humans-ever-develophttps://www.astralcodexten.com/p/open-thread-296/comment/41146211https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Psychopath-Makeover/135160/https://www.ft.com/content/2df89e5a-9a12-4751-87ba-bd618b8a8968View External Link:
https://www.ft.com/content/2df89e5a-9a12-4751-87ba-bd618b8a8968https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ZQG9cwKbct2LtmL3p/evaporative-cooling-of-group-beliefshttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/18/chinas-selfie-obsessionhttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/06/03/master-of-make-believehttps://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spieshttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/sex-cult-empowerment-nxivm-keith-raniere.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/08/magazine/mark-meadows-trump-prosecution.htmlhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188692300421Xhttps://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/richard-sorge-the-soviet-unions-master-spy/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jun/03/quasi-religious-great-self-esteem-conhttps://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/inside-ezra-millers-dark-spiral-messiah-delusionshttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-narcissism-therapistsView External Link:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/donald-trump-narcissism-therapistshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/06/trump-nuclear-documents/
Bibliography
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-024-03019-9: “Further Evidence for the Dark-Ego-Vehicle Principle: Higher Pathological Narcissistic Grandiosity and Virtue Signaling Are Related to Greater Involvement in LGBTQ and Gender Identity Activism”,2023-zacher.pdf: “The Dark Side of Environmental Activism”,https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-023-04463-x: “Understanding Left-Wing Authoritarianism: Relations to the Dark Personality Traits, Altruism, and Social Justice Commitment”,2021-jonason.pdf: “The Dark Side of the Rainbow: Homosexuals and Bisexuals Have Higher Dark Triad Traits Than Heterosexuals”,2021-vaughanjohnston.pdf: “Mind-Body Practices & Self-Enhancement: Direct Replications of Gebauer Et Al 2018’s Experiments 1 & 2”,https://papers.tinbergen.nl/21088.pdf#page=3: “Using Genes to Explore the Effects of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills on Education and Labor Market Outcomes”,2020-bowes.pdf: “Looking under the Tinfoil Hat: Clarifying the Personological and Psychopathological Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs”,https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/01/16/alma-mahler-it-had-to-be-her/: “It Had to Be Her: Review of Passionate Spirit: The Life of Alma Mahler, Haste 2019”,https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1089268019880891: “Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence”,2018-moshagen.pdf: “The Dark Core of Personality”,https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/10/sam-altmans-manifest-destiny: “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny: Is the Head of Y Combinator Fixing the World, or Trying to Take over Silicon Valley?”,2013-rauthmann.pdf: “The Perceived Attractiveness and Traits of the Dark Triad: Narcissists Are Perceived As Hot, Machiavellians and Psychopaths Not”,https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821100/: “The Normalization of Deviance in Healthcare Delivery”,