The inhibition factors of narcissists' interpersonal conflict

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• 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
• Keywords: 自己愛傾向 / 怒り / 対人葛藤 / 夫婦間葛藤 / ユーモア

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.

Free Research Field

社会心理学