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Narcissist at First Sight

According to the Greek myth, Narcissus looked for someone to love.  He found no one worthy until he glanced upon his own shadow.  There he remained until he died.New social psychological research shows that young Narcissus would not have died alone.  See "Why Are Narcissists so Charming at First Sight? Decoding the Narcissism?Popularity Link at Zero Acquaintance" (here):Three main findings were revealed: First, narcissism leads to popularity at first sight. Second, the aspects of narcissism that are most maladaptive in the long run (exploitativeness/entitlement) proved to be most attractive at zero acquaintance. Third, an examination of observable verbal and nonverbal behaviors as well as aspects of physical appearance provided an explanation for why narcissists are morepopular at first sight...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on June 11, 2010 (boomark / email).