Association of adaptive and maladaptive narcissism with personal burnout: findings from a cross-sectional study

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  • VON KÄNEL Roland
    Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Clinic Barmelweid, Switzerland
  • HERR Raphael Manfred
    Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany
  • VAN VIANEN Annelies Elizabeth Maria
    Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • SCHMIDT Burkhard
    Mannheim Institute of Public Health, Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Business, Work & Organizational Psychology, Hochschule für Internationales Management Heidelberg–International University, Germany

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<p>Burnout is associated with poor mental and physical functioning and high costs for societies. Personality attributes may critically increase the risk of personal burnout. We specifically examined whether narcissism associates with personal burnout in a working population. We studied n=1,461 employees (mean age 41.3 ± 9.4 yr, 52% men) drawn from a random sample of a pharmaceutical company in Germany. All participants completed the personal burnout subscale of the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory to assess maladaptive (entitlement/exploitativeness) and adaptive (leadership/authority) narcissism. In linear regression analysis, when mutually adjusting for the maladaptive and adaptive narcissism scales, higher adaptive narcissism was associated with lower burnout scores (ß=-0.04, p<0.05), whereas higher maladaptive narcissism was associated with higher burnout scores (ß=0.04, p<0.05). Additionally, younger age (ß=-0.07), female gender (ß=0.11), depressive symptoms (ß=0.42), sleep problems (ß=0.30), stress at work (ß=0.23) and at home (ß=0.09) were all independently associated with increased burnout scores (all p-values<0.01). Narcissistic personality attributes may play an important role in personal burnout. While maladaptive narcissism was associated with increased levels of burnout symptoms, adaptive narcissism was associated with fewer burnout symptoms.</p>

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  • Industrial Health

    Industrial Health 55 (3), 233-242, 2017

    National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

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