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Narcissism Declines Across Lifespan, Meta-Analysis Finds

Narcissism typically decreases across the lifespan, with high rank-order stability and consistent patterns across gender and birth cohorts, according to a meta-analysis of 51 longitudinal samples.

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    Meta-analysis in Psychological Bulletin on narcissism and lifespan.

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    Shows normative declines in agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism.

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    High stability of narcissism found.

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    Clinical samples demonstrated larger declines.

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    Need for more research with non-Western and ethnically diverse populations highlighted.

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Narcissism Declines Across Lifespan, Meta-Analysis Finds

Narcissism typically decreases across the lifespan, with high rank-order stability and consistent patterns across gender and birth cohorts, according to a meta-analysis of 51 longitudinal samples.

  • by Conexiant News Staff

  • July 12, 2024

  • 2 min

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