Table 3.
Correlations between Spouses’ Narcissism Scores and their Partners’ Personality Characteristics(N = 145 couples)
| Partner Personality |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Openness | Conscientiousness | Extraversion | Agreeableness | Neuroticism | Self-Esteem | |
| Husbands | ||||||
| TOT | 0.12 | 0.07 | −0.14 | −0.18* | 0.03 | 0.06 |
| LA | 0.10 | −0.01 | −0.13 | −0.17* | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| GE | 0.03 | 0.00 | −0.09 | −0.14 | 0.03 | 0.10 |
| EE | −0.01 | 0.23** | −0.03 | −0.05 | −0.01 | 0.07 |
| Wives | ||||||
| TOT | 0.06 | 0.02 | −0.02 | −0.09 | −0.03 | 0.05 |
| LA | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.05 | −0.09 | −0.02 | 0.03 |
| GE | 0.17* | 0.08 | −0.01 | 0.10 | −0.13 | 0.06 |
| EE | −0.01 | −0.12 | −0.17* | −0.13 | 0.10 | −0.03 |
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
Notes. Correlations represent the association between spouses’ narcissism scores and their partners’ personality characteristics (e.g., husband leadership/authority and wives’ openness). TOT = total narcissism. LA = leadership/authority. GE = grandiose exhibitionism. EE = entitlement/exploitativeness.