儿童的自恋与领导力

Narcissism and Leadership in Children

——原载美国《心理科学》杂志2021年第32卷第3期——

<Psychological Science>2021, 32 (3)

【摘要】一些领导者表现出高度的自恋。自恋程度与领导力之间的联系在童年时期是否存在？我们对儿童（N = 332，年龄 7-14 岁）的自恋水平与领导力的各个方面之间的关系进行了首次研究。我们使用童年自恋量表评估了自恋水平，并使用同伴提名评估了课堂中的领导力涌现。然后孩子们执行一项小组任务，其中一名孩子被随机分配为领导者。我们评估了感知的和实际的领导功能。自恋程度较高的儿童更常成为课堂领导者。研究表明，当在任务中担任领导角色时，自恋程度较高的孩子认为自己是更好的领导者，但他们的实际领导功能与其他领导者没有显着差异。规格曲线分析证实了这些发现。因此，自恋程度相对较高的孩子往往会成为领导者，即使他们可能不会成为领导者。

【关键词】自恋、领导力、童年、开放数据、开放材料

[Abstract] Some leaders display high levels of narcissism. Does the link between narcissism levels and leadership exist in childhood? We conducted, to our knowledge, the first study of the relationship between narcissism levels and various aspects of leadership in children (N = 332, ages 7–14 years). We assessed narcissism levels using the Childhood Narcissism Scale and assessed leadership emergence in classrooms using peer nominations. Children then performed a group task in which one child was randomly assigned as leader. We assessed perceived and actual leadership functioning. Children with higher narcissism levels more often emerged as leaders in classrooms. When given a leadership role in the task, children with higher narcissism levels perceived themselves as better leaders, but their actual leadership functioning did not differ significantly from that of other leaders. Specification-curve analyses corroborated these findings. Thus, children with relatively high narcissism levels tend to emerge as leaders, even though they may not excel as leaders.

[Key words] narcissism, leadership, childhood, open data, open materials

本文是针对论文《儿童的自恋与领导力（Narcissism and Leadership in Children）》的一篇中文解析。该论文于2021年3月发表于美国《心理科学》（Psychological Science）杂志上。该研究作者包括荷兰阿姆斯特丹大学儿童发展与教育研究所Eddie Brummelman, Barbara Nevicka, 和Joseph M. O’Brien。

（中文解析见《华人心理健康报》2021年10月1日PDF版）

论文原文：Brummelman E, Nevicka B, O'Brien JM. Narcissism and Leadership in Children(2021). Psychological Science. 32(3):354-363. doi: 10.1177/0956797620965536.

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