@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {5415},
      author = {Borráz-León, Javier I. and Spreitzer, Alena and Scrivner,  Coltan and Landers, Mitchell and Lee, Royce and  Maestripieri, Dario},
      title = {Cortisol reactivity to psychosocial stress in vulnerable  and grandiose narcissists: An exploratory study},
      journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
      address = {2023-01-06},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {&lt;p&gt;Introduction: Narcissistic personality manifests itself  in at least two different forms: grandiose and vulnerable.  In the present study, we compared cortisol and emotional  responses to psychosocial stress between subjects high in  vulnerable and grandiose narcissism scores, and examined  possible associations between narcissism, other personality  traits, and stress responses. We hypothesized that subjects  with higher scores of vulnerable narcissism would show  stronger emotional and physiological reactivity than those  with high scores of grandiose narcissism.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Methods: A  final sample of forty-seven participants underwent a Trier  Social Stress Test (TSST), provided saliva samples to  assess cortisol levels, and completed several personality  questionnaires.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Results: Consistent with our  hypothesis, subjects with higher scores of vulnerable  narcissism had a stronger cortisol and emotional response  than those with high scores of grandiose narcissism.  Vulnerable narcissism was positively correlated with  schizotypal traits, while grandiose narcissism was  positively correlated with psychopathic traits.  Participants with a mixed-type of narcissism were also  discussed.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Discussion: This study provides the first  evidence of differential physiological and emotional  reactivity to social evaluation threat according to scores  of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism. Since this is an  exploratory study, the results must be interpreted with  caution. However, the results will be informative for  future confirmatory research with larger and more  heterogeneous samples.&lt;/p&gt;},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/5415},
}