Gender Differences in Divorce Adjustment

Gender differences in divorce adjustment were inves- tigated. It was concluded that there is sufficient evidence to demon- strate that males report less stress prior to the decision to divorce than do females, and that females fare better after separation and divorce than do males. It is argued that measures of divorce adjust- ment are either direct or indirect measures of self-esteem, and that gender differences in self-esteem exist prior to divorce and therefore account for gender differences in adjustment after divorce. It is fur- ther suggested that gender differences in the moderators of divorce adjustment (i.e., in attachment, initiation of divorce, and degree of social support) are related to gender roles and serve to reinforce gender differences in adjustment to divorce.     

Narcissism and abject aesthetics

In this article, we explore the tendency of a number of television and art shows to challenge the usual cosmetic surgery industry’s focus on the before and after images and instead bring to central stage the time of surgery itself, when the body is immobilized, cut open and remoulded. In this context, we refer to the television series Nip/Tuck and also to the art shows of Jonathan Yeo’ You’re Only Young Twice and Anthony C. Berlet’s I Am Art: An Expression of the Visual & Artistic Process of Plastic Surgery. What these television series and art shows have in common is an interest in what we call abject aesthetics, in which the anesthetized, immobile (docile) bodies are fully exposed to the viewer’s gaze as they are cut open to allow intrusion of blood into the diegetic space, creating a breakdown of bodily borders as faces and bodies are opened up and skin is pulled from side to side. We argue that the manifested and enjoyed aggressivity towards bodies is an expression of an increased level of social narcissism, which besides producing an obsession with (adulation for) an ideal body image it simultaneously fosters a strong feeling of aggressivity towards the very ideal, hence the creation in fantasy of scenarios in which the overly restrictive and deadening ideal is torn apart to reveal its abject underside. Finally, we explore the workings of this economy of revealing and concealing, by foregrounding the concept of the abject and by staging an encounter with the grotesque in order to offer a critical perspective on the beauty ideal.     

中国现代浪漫主义作家的自恋情态

典型的浪漫主义者是关注自我、表现自我、表现自我陶醉的“自恋者”。中国现代文学中典型的浪漫主义作品一般也多体现着这种自恋的情态。郭沫若、郁达夫、闻一多、徐志摩等人的浪漫性都与自恋情态有关 ,革命的罗曼蒂克则是因为将自恋转为“自尚” ,浪漫主义色调变弱     

百年误读：潘光旦“冯小青影恋说”评析

百年前,我国著名优生学家潘光旦出版《冯小青：一件影恋之研究》,首次运用弗洛伊德的精神分析理论对冯小青进行心理分析,指出小青的悲剧根源在于其性压抑而致其心理变态。由于受到梁启超等学者的赞赏,冯小青为性心理变态者之定论遂不可更改。然而,从文学阐释的角度看,潘先生的研究正是对一个文学文本的科学误读。     

当代女性写作的自恋主义倾向

当代女性写作为了颠覆男权主义对女性的异化和扭曲,将叙事视角转为对女性自身的绝对关注.这种回到女性立场反复表现女性意识的对抗,传达出女性经验的自恋主义倾向.其写作姿态有着确定的文化背景和由来.当代女作家自恋主义的文化成因主要体现在文化处境、女性意识、话语参照和文化心理等方面.自恋主义文本的审美内涵体现为性别优越感与生命欲求.此外,文本的高蹈性审美特征致使读者普遍误读.     

Birds of a feather?: Firm sales growth and narcissism in the upper echelons at the CEO-TMT interface

Blending conceptual framing from the CEO-TMT interface literature with upper echelons decision-making theory, we develop a model of the role of CEO narcissism and narcissism in the upper echelons. We argue that narcissistic CEOs tend to have higher narcissism in their Top Management Teams (N-TMTs). In turn, TMTs characterized by narcissism can benefit from positive aspects of narcissism while avoiding its pitfalls; especially when strategic decision speed is slower and behavioral integration is higher. In a field study of 104 TMTs from publicly-listed South Korean firms, we find an association between narcissistic CEOs and N-TMT, and that N-TMT mediates in the indirect, conditional relationship between CEO narcissism and sales growth. We also invoke threshold theory in anticipation that outcomes associated with N-TMT may be nonlinear. In support of our threshold hypothesis, we find a curvilinear relationship between N-TMT and sales growth; and this curvilinear relationship is stronger for a small number of TMTs scoring high on N-TMT (> +2SD), where TMTs’ activities are defined by deliberative integration. The pattern of results we report provides evidence for the importance of accounting for narcissism in the upper echelons as a predictor of sales growth, and key contextual moderators of this relationship.     

Narcissism and Relationship Satisfaction from a Dyadic Perspective: The Mediating Role of Psychological Aggression

The mediating effect of psychological aggression between narcissism and relationship satisfaction was investigated among 128 nonclinical heterosexual couples (N?=?256) in enduring relationships, using the actor–partner interdependence model. The results indicated two mediation paths affecting men’s relationship satisfaction: the higher men’s narcissism, the higher their perpetration of psychological aggression, which, in turn, was negatively linked with their own relationship satisfaction and the higher women’s narcissism, the higher their perpetration of psychological aggression, which, in turn, was negatively linked with their male partner’s relationship satisfaction. The analyses also revealed one mediation path affecting women’s relationship satisfaction: the higher their narcissism, the higher the perpetration of psychological aggression, which, in turn, was linked with lower women’s relationship satisfaction. Recommendations for further research and clinical implications are discussed.     

It's all about me: The role of narcissism in exacerbating the relationship between stressors and counterproductive work behaviour

Although studies have found that personality variables moderate the relationship between stressors and counterproductive work behaviour, few have examined the role of narcissism and those that did have found inconsistent results. Using a sample of 515 United States employees, we found that narcissism moderated the relationships between interpersonal conflict at work and counterproductive work behaviours directed at others, and between organizational constraints and counterproductive work behaviours directed at the organization, making both relationships stronger for those high on narcissism. We also found that narcissism moderated the relationship between organizational constraints and counterproductive work behaviours directed at others. Further, we demonstrated that the grandiose exhibitionism facet of narcissism moderated these same stressor–counterproductive work behaviours relationships, whereas the facets of leadership/authority and entitlement/exploitiveness did not. Our study indicates that organizational scholars should examine narcissism as an important antecedent of work behaviour, and that research needs to consider potential differential prediction by each of its facets.     

自恋.家庭.疯狂——对尤金.奥尼尔《悲悼》的精神分析

当代著名的美国心理学家克库德认为,病态的自恋来自家庭内部成员之间不能提供良好的自我客体环境,从而使成长发育中的儿童、青少年不能形成良好的心理移情所造成。美国戏剧家尤金.奥尼尔《悲悼》中悲剧人物的病态自恋性格正是儿童时代的移情的失败所形成,所以敌意、自私、贪婪、家庭成员之间相互仇恨、厌恶,情感乱伦频频发生,从而导致女儿鼓动他的弟弟奥林杀死妈妈克利斯丁的情夫,又逼妈妈自杀,而后奥林自杀和莱维尼亚把自己封闭在鬼屋的家庭悲剧。     

浅议网络自恋及其边界规范

网络自恋形式各异,从群体自恋的网络语言到个体自恋的疯狂自拍以及他恋姿态的网络围观,无不体现着网民对现实社会的认识、思考。网络自恋的内容和形式挑战着网络自由的极限、社会道德和法律的底线,必须从网络技术、网络道德和网络法律规范方面进行规范。