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Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating: Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2

Schmitt, David; Alcalay, Lidia; Allik, Jüri; Alves, I.C.B.; Anderson, Craig; Angelini, A.L.; Asendorpf, Jens; Austers, Ivars; Balaguer, Isabel; Baptista, Américo; Bender, Sóley; Bennett, Kevin; Bianchi, Gabriel; Birashk, Behrooz; Bleske, April; Boholst, Fredrick; Boothroyd, L.G.; Borg Cunen, Mary; Borja, Teresa; Bos, Arjan; Brainerd, Edwin; Brase, Gary; Brites, José; Burakova-Lorgnier, M.; Byrd, Mark; Camilleri, J.A.; Camperio Ciani, Andrea; Caral, Leo; Carnelley, Katherine; Carvalho, Marina; Casson, Janette; Castillo, Isabel; Castro, Alejandro; Casullo, Maria; Chirkov, Valery; Choi, Jean; Cohen, Danielle; Collin-Hansen, Cecilie; Commisso, Melissa; Consuegra, Elvira; Cordovez, Lorena; Corrêa Varella, Marco; Cukur, Cem; Cunningham, Michael; Curl, Layton; Daniel, Petra; Denissen, Jaap; Desmarais, Serge; DeSouza, Eros; Diaz, Rolando; Duynslaeger, Marijke; Elias, M.; Endriulaitiene, Aukse; Eremsoy, Ekin; Expósito, Francisca; Falzon, Ruth; Fernandez, Ana Maria; Fernando, Kumari; Ferreira, J...

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Authors

David Schmitt

Lidia Alcalay

Jüri Allik

I.C.B. Alves

Craig Anderson

A.L. Angelini

Jens Asendorpf

Ivars Austers

Isabel Balaguer

Américo Baptista

Sóley Bender

Kevin Bennett

Gabriel Bianchi

Behrooz Birashk

April Bleske

Fredrick Boholst

Mary Borg Cunen

Teresa Borja

Arjan Bos

Edwin Brainerd

Gary Brase

José Brites

M. Burakova-Lorgnier

Mark Byrd

J.A. Camilleri

Andrea Camperio Ciani

Leo Caral

Katherine Carnelley

Marina Carvalho

Janette Casson

Isabel Castillo

Alejandro Castro

Maria Casullo

Valery Chirkov

Jean Choi

Danielle Cohen

Cecilie Collin-Hansen

Melissa Commisso

Elvira Consuegra

Lorena Cordovez

Marco Corrêa Varella

Cem Cukur

Michael Cunningham

Layton Curl

Petra Daniel

Jaap Denissen

Serge Desmarais

Eros DeSouza

Rolando Diaz

Marijke Duynslaeger

M. Elias

Aukse Endriulaitiene

Ekin Eremsoy

Francisca Expósito

Ruth Falzon

Ana Maria Fernandez

Kumari Fernando

José Ferreira

Bernhard Fink

Maryanne Fisher

Julie Fitness

Karissa Flowers

David Frederick

Sirpa Fry

Osamu Fukushima

Stanley Gaines Jr.

Renee Galliher

E. Gandari

Glenn Geher

Douglas Gentile

Jessica Geri

V.N. Giri

Stephen Giunta

Deborah Golden

Kristina Gordon

Fiona Gordon

Karl Grammer

Liria Grimaldi

Endre Hajdú

Jamin Halberstadt

Gert Hald

Magdalena Halim

Shamsul Haque

Siri Harlem

Krystle Hearns

Patrick Heaven

Marie Helweg

Eduardo Herrera

Dora Herrera

Janine Hertel

Heather Hoffmann

Henrik Høgh

Barbara Houle

Jasna Hudek

Jas Jaafar

Konstantinos Kafetsios

Igor Kardum

Brigitte Khoury

Tibor Kökény

Silvia Koller

Solvina Konrads

John Kraft

Barry Kuhle

Agota Kun

Katalin Lányi

Maryanne Lauri

Shiri Lavy

Olufemi Lawal

Visvaldas Legkauskas

Chen Li

Robert Lloyd

Kenneth Locke

Sylvie Lombardo

Ivan Luksik

Brian Lythe

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Sanna Malinen

Heather Martin

Mario Mikulincer

Michael Mills

Imelu Mordeno

Miguel Moya

C. Ndeya

Mark Nelissen

Franz Neyer

Helmuth Nyborg

V.B. Oliveira

Adrian Opre

Suzanne Osman

Leif Ottesen Kennair

Frank Overwalle

Delroy Paulhus

Boguslaw Pawlowski

Lars Penke

Letitia Peplau

Nebojsa Petrovic

Steven Platek

Nuška Podobnik

Tünde Polonyi

Miroslav Popper

Wade Rowatt

Willibald Ruch

Margaret Rukuni

Velko Rus

Brad Sagarin

Kikue Sakaguchi

Sonia Salas

N. Sandnabba

Pekka Santtila

Dory Schachner

Monika Schmidt

Astrid Schütz

Todd Shackelford

Phillip Shaver

Lindiwe Sibisi

Francis Sichona

Franco Simonetti

Tilahun Sineshaw

Toshihiko Souma

Tatjana Stefanovic Stanojevic

Irmina Sukiennik

Nebi Sümer

Petra Szeghy

Sara Szente

Tomasz Szlendak

Daniel Tefera

Niki Thoma

Sigal Tifferet

Chris Tkach

Zita Tordai

Eleanor Tranthan

Ioannis Tsaousis

F.S.K. Tungaraza

Pepijn van Empelen

Ine Vanwesenbeeck

Pablo Vera

Martin Voracek

Dmitry Vorontsov

Wendy Wan

Petr Weiss

Deborah Welsh

Siswa Widyatmoko

Liesbeth Woertman

Eileen Wood

Lucinda Woodward

Hai Ye

Gahyun Youn

Agata Zupančič



Abstract

Previous studies have documented links between sub-clinical narcissism and the active pursuit of short-term mating strategies (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality, marital infidelity, mate poaching). Nearly all of these investigations have relied solely on samples from Western cultures. In the current study, responses from a cross-cultural survey of 30,470 people across 53 nations spanning 11 world regions (North America, Central/South America, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, and East Asia) were used to evaluate whether narcissism (as measured by the Narcissistic Personality Inventory; NPI) was universally associated with short-term mating. Results revealed narcissism scores (including two broad factors and seven traditional facets as measured by the NPI) were functionally equivalent across cultures, reliably associating with key sexual outcomes (e.g., more active pursuit of short-term mating, intimate partner violence, and sexual aggression) and sex-related personality traits (e.g., higher extraversion and openness to experience). Whereas some features of personality (e.g., subjective well-being) were universally associated with socially adaptive facets of Narcissism (e.g., self-sufficiency), most indicators of short-term mating (e.g., unrestricted sociosexuality and marital infidelity) were universally associated with the socially maladaptive facets of narcissism (e.g., exploitativeness). Discussion addresses limitations of these cross-culturally universal findings and presents suggestions for future research into revealing the precise psychological features of narcissism that facilitate the strategic pursuit of short-term mating.

Citation

Schmitt, D., Alcalay, L., Allik, J., Alves, I., Anderson, C., Angelini, A., …Zupančič, A. (2017). Narcissism and the Strategic Pursuit of Short-Term Mating: Universal Links across 11 World Regions of the International Sexuality Description Project-2. Psychological Topics, 26(1), 89-137

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 1, 2017
Online Publication Date May 9, 2017
Publication Date May 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 18, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Psihologijske teme / Psychological Topics
Print ISSN 1332-0742
Electronic ISSN 1849-0395
Publisher University of Rijeka
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 26
Issue 1
Pages 89-137
Publisher URL http://hrcak.srce.hr/181134

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