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Michael Dufner

@michduf.bsky.social

Social-personality psychologist with a focus on self-perception and motivation.

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My guess would be that narcissits respond aggressively to criticism not because they have a fragile ego, but because being aggressive seems like an appropriate reaction to them - given their values, world view, et cetera. Fits with the self-view of a tough, dominant guy. Just my two cents though.

31.01.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, we assessed narcissism using self-reports. As does >95 of reseach in the social-personality field. Using such measures, people still find that narcissists easily get aggressive when criticized. But our work indicates that this might not be because their fragile ego is shaken.

31.01.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do narcissists show stronger physiological responses when put under social stress? This study indicates no: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Speaks against the idea that narcissism is a compensation of a weak, or fragile, self

28.01.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
APA PsycNet

People systematically differ from each other in how strongly their facial emg reactions are linked to experienced affect. The link ist stronger in women and in people with good socio-emotional abilities. Check Out the Paper: psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...

24.01.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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