While narcissism is frequently considered as relatively stable personality trait, a considerably growing research emphasize the need for conceptualizing as a dynamic process, which may change from moment to moment in response to specific situations. In the current study, in an intensive longitudinal study (N = 502 participants, who provided responses regarding their momentary narcissism and perception of situations seven times daily for seven consecutive days resulting k = 19108 observations), using the dynamic latent profile analysis we assessed how many there were different situations in which participants felt more narcissistic and how these situations were perceived via situational DIAMONDS. The results revealed that during most of the time, participants reported low scores on all narcissism dimensions (n = 13345; 69,84%). We also identified three distinct narcissistic profiles of situations: agentic (n = 2814; 14,73%), neurotic (n = 1964; 10,28%) and fluctuating (i.e., scoring high on all narcissism facets; n = 985; 5,15%). These situations significantly differed in terms of how they were perceived, for instance, agentic situations were perceived as most intellectual, neurotic as most negative, and fluctuating as most deceptive. These results provide first to date empirical insight into how situations triggering narcissism look like.
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When Does Narcissism Surface? Analysis of the Relationship Between Situational Perception and Narcissistic States Using Dynamic Latent Profiles