The Studies on the process that anxiety and narcissism cause maladaptive states and behaviors

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380859
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Otemon Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: Kanemasa Yuji 追手門学院大学, 心理学部, 教授 (70388594)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 愛着不安 / 自己愛 / 被受容感 / 被拒絶感 / 攻撃性 / 抑うつ / ストーカー的行為

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Study1 and 2 was conducted to examine the hypothetical models that both attachment anxiety and narcissism affect depression and aggression toward other people and partners through senses of acceptance by other people and partners. The results showed that both attachment anxiety and narcissism increased aggression toward other people and partners, and these effects toward aggression were mediated by senses of acceptance by other people and partners. Study 3 aimed to reveal the risk factors for a person to perpetrate stalking-like behaviors following the end of a romantic relationship. The results revealed that both attachment anxiety and feelings that a partner was his/her “one and only” increased egoistic preoccupations after a breakup, and the egoistic preoccupations predicted the perpetration of stalking-like behaviors in both males and females.

Free Research Field

心理学・社会心理学