Narcissism is increasingly recognized as an important complex of personality
traits and processes that involve a grandiose yet fragile sense of self and entitlement
as well as a preoccupation with success and demands for admiration (see Morf &
Rhodewalt, 2001 for a recent review). In the past few decades, sub-clinical variance in
narcissism has received growing attention as a personality dimension, showing an
impressive ability to predict a wide range of dependent variables, ranging from emotional
reactivity to self-appraisals of performance.