Sex Differences in Sub-categories of Narcissism, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Psychopathy
Date
2-13-2024
Faculty Mentor
Heidi Dempsey, Psychology
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Submission Type
Conference Proceeding
Location
1:00-1:10pm | Houston Cole Library, 11th Floor
Description
The literature suggests men score higher on measures of narcissism and psychopathy (Grijalva et al., 2015; Muris et al., 2017) and that women score higher on measures of conscientiousness (Schmitt et al., 2008). The literature also shows that women score higher on the warmth, friendliness, and gregariousness facets of extraversion while men score higher in dominance and assertiveness measures of extraversion (Costa et al., 2001; Schmitt et al., 2008). We hypothesize that men will score higher on all facets of narcissism and psychopathy and that women will score higher on all facets of conscientiousness. We also expect that men will score higher on the dominance/assertiveness facets of extraversion while women will score higher on the warmth, friendliness, and gregariousness facets of extraversion. In the current study 160 college students were asked to anonymously fill out the Brief Pathological Narcissism Inventory which measures two aspects of narcissism – grandiose and vulnerable (Schoenleber et al., 2015). This scale has 28 items rated on a 5-point scale. The second measure completed was the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, version 3 (Paulhus et al., 2015). This scale consists of 64 psychopathy items rated on a 5-point scale. Conscientiousness and Extraversion were both taken from the IPIP-NEO-120 measure of the Big 5 personality traits (Johnson, 2014). Each scale consists of 24 items rated on a 5-point scale. Results and discussion will focus on whether the hypotheses were supported or not and why that might be the case.
Keywords
student research, psychology
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Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Mostillo, Julianna, "Sex Differences in Sub-categories of Narcissism, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Psychopathy" (2024). JSU Student Symposium 2024. 53.
https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/ce_jsustudentsymp_2024/53