Assuming the worst: Hostile attribution bias in vulnerable narcissists

Past research suggests that grandiose narcissists expect admiration from others and are punitive against transgressors, but vulnerable narcissists are not nearly so socially confident. Instead, vulnerable narcissists may exhibit a hostile attribution bias, where they are suspicious and mistrustful of others’ motives. Using both a vignette-based methodology in Study 1 (N = 205) and a trait-based methodology in Study 2 (N = 137), we found a...