Differences in Socio-Cognitive Processes among Individuals Exhibiting Characteristics of Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Multimethod Approach Page: 63
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possible that the influence of grandiose narcissism on psychological abuse perpetration may have
been subsumed by other independent variables in the regression model. In particular, the overlap
between grandiose narcissism and domineering interpersonal behaviors may have impacted the
amount of unique variance that could have been added by each variable.
Domineering interpersonal behaviors were significantly associated with psychological
abuse perpetration. This is unsurprising given that psychological abuse is conceptualized as
aggressive behaviors designed to allow an individual to dominate or control their partner
(Sackett & Saunders, 1999). In fact, the IIP-32 items assessing domineering interpersonal
behaviors (e.g., "I am too aggressive toward other people") were conceptually similar to the
MMEA items assessing psychological abuse (e.g., "threatened to hit the other person"). Given
these redundancies, it makes sense that domineering interpersonal behaviors and psychological
abuse perpetration were so highly correlated in both my preliminary analyses and my regression
model. Individuals who perpetrate domineering behaviors towards other people in general are
likely to maintain those same control-seeking behaviors in their romantic relationships.
Domineering interpersonal behaviors were also significantly associated with grandiose
narcissism both in my preliminary analyses (see Table 4) and the regression model outlined in
Hypothesis 1. This likely occurred because grandiose narcissism is also conceptualized as
involving an individual's desire to assert their own superiority through dominating andcontrolling others, as previously discussed. Miller et al.'s (2012) finding that grandiose
narcissism was associated with domineering behaviors specifically as assessed by the IIP
reinforces my assertion that the two concepts share similar underpinnings. Consequently, it is
very possible that any variance that could have been added to the regression model by adding
grandiose narcissism in Step 3 was already accounted for by the presence of domineering63
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Sanders, Courtney. Differences in Socio-Cognitive Processes among Individuals Exhibiting Characteristics of Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism: A Multimethod Approach, dissertation, July 2023; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2178811/m1/70/?q=technical+manual: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .