As a young adult, one may be confronted with physical, emotional, and behavioral changes that involve adjustments that one has learned and is still learning. The fulfillment of accomplishing certain social, economic, and familial obligations during this stage of life often promotes high self-esteem. In fact, an important aspect of healthy adolescent development involves a positive emotional evaluation of one’s self and one’s achievements. Having high self-esteem normally appears as an indicator of positive emotional health, but excessive high self-esteem may relate to high risks of internal, negative consequences especially when one is presented a difficult or challenging task. When an adolescent has an inflated sense of self-confidence and
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Narcissism and anxiety also have a very moderate amount of scholarly research that attempts to find a clear connection between this personality trait and this distinct emotion. However, previous studies indicate that different forms of narcissism have effects that can lead to both damaging and optimistic assessments of self-esteem. A study was constructed by Emmons (1984), in which he used a scale consisting of four of his Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) dimensions of narcissism that provided a parsimonious set of scales with good validity evidence indicating that several dimensions of narcissism are adaptive (e.g. Leadership/Authority, Superiority/ Arrogance, Self-Absorbance/Self-Admiration) while one dimension appears clearly maladaptive (Exploitativeness/Entitlement). From the descriptions of analyzed individuals using his scale, adaptive narcissism was found to be associated with positive personal adjustment and optimism while the reverse was found for maladaptive narcissism (Hill &Yousey, 1998, …show more content…
Researchers and clinicians should be aware of anxiety relations to narcissism when assessing young adults that meet some criteria of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Emerging adulthood experiences influence how young adults use their personality trait to adjust to adulthood expectations of social and economic responsibilities. This study to be conducted can provide a clear example of how narcissism can be either a negative or positive accommodation of controlling anxiety
Narcissism and anxiety also have a very moderate amount of scholarly research that attempts to find a clear connection between this personality trait and this distinct emotion. However, previous studies indicate that different forms of narcissism have effects that can lead to both damaging and optimistic assessments of self-esteem. A study was constructed by Emmons (1984), in which he used a scale consisting of four of his Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) dimensions of narcissism that provided a parsimonious set of scales with good validity evidence indicating that several dimensions of narcissism are adaptive (e.g. Leadership/Authority, Superiority/ Arrogance, Self-Absorbance/Self-Admiration) while one dimension appears clearly maladaptive (Exploitativeness/Entitlement). From the descriptions of analyzed individuals using his scale, adaptive narcissism was found to be associated with positive personal adjustment and optimism while the reverse was found for maladaptive narcissism (Hill &Yousey, 1998, …show more content…
Researchers and clinicians should be aware of anxiety relations to narcissism when assessing young adults that meet some criteria of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Emerging adulthood experiences influence how young adults use their personality trait to adjust to adulthood expectations of social and economic responsibilities. This study to be conducted can provide a clear example of how narcissism can be either a negative or positive accommodation of controlling anxiety