The inhibition factors of narcissists' interpersonal conflict

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24730610
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Clinical psychology
Research Institution	Baika Women's University
Principal Investigator	Abe Shingo 梅花女子大学, 公私立大学の部局等, 教授 (00441098)
Project Period (FY)	2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords	自己愛傾向 / 怒り / 対人葛藤 / 夫婦間葛藤 / ユーモア / 自己愛
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was to find the inhibition factors of narcissistic　interpersonal conflicts. Study1 examined the effects of narcissism and humor coping on anger expression in marital relations. The results showed that the opponent's frequency of anger expression was positively correlated with the frequency of anger, which in turn was negatively correlated with marital satisfaction. In addition, while husbands and wives with high narcissism were likely to express their anger, humor coping was negatively correlated with anger expression. These results suggest the effectiveness of humor coping in marital conflicts. In study2, an easy training to obtain humor coping was conducted. The results showed that the humor training was slightly effective.