Posted on 09/06/2006 10:27:57 AM PDT by presidio9
In case anyone needed proof, a new study supports the widely held perception: Celebrities are more in love with themselves than the average person.
That's the conclusion drawn by Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young of the University of Southern California, whose study of 200 celebrities will appear in the Journal of Research in Personality.
It's not the entertainment industry that turns stars into narcissists, the study found. Rather, it suggests, the self-adoring seek jobs in show business.
The study, whose subjects were all guests on Pinsky's sex-advice radio show — not a place for shrinking violets — found that reality TV stars were the most narcissistic of all celebrities. Female stars were also more likely than their male counterparts to exhibit narcissistic traits.
It's "common sense" that celebrities are narcissists, said Jeremy Ritzlin, a longtime Hollywood psychologist who has not seen the study.
"Narcissism is really being in love with yourself," he said. "So it would be natural for narcissists to gravitate toward the spotlight, where other people will also think highly of them."
Pinsky, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at USC's Keck School of Medicine, said narcissists crave attention, are overconfident, behave erratically and lack empathy.
"However, they are well-liked, especially on first meeting, are extroverted and perform well in public," added Pinsky, who has hosted the syndicated radio show "Loveline" for 20 years.
Celebrity guests appearing on the program were randomly chosen to participate in the study. They anonymously took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory test, which rates self-love levels based on seven components: superiority, exhibitionism, entitlement, vanity, authority, exploitativeness and entitlement.
Please tell me that this was NOT funded by tax dollars.
Well, duh!
Ya think???
yeah. liek we needed a study to tell us this
This was my very first reaction as well. It was, either directly or indirectly.
In an unrelated story: grass more green, sky more blue, Pope more Catholic.
Whoulda thunk that?
Whoever did the study must have thought six components was inadequate, so they were entitled to count "entitlement" twice.
In related news: fire hot, water wet.
Study: water more wet.
Study: fire more hot.
C'mon now, The View, Katie Couric must be factored in here too. This study should have included the MSM stars. It should have included the members of Congress. Then putting them, the Hollywood lefties, and the MSM together, people can just come to the view that none of these characters( or very few) are really worth listening to. Of course, that our entire culture seems inundated by these Hollywooders, TV cultists, elitist media and entertainment gurus can be stopped if the rest of the electorate and citizenry would just stop supporting the financially and emotionally. Period.
The teaching profession as well attracts narcissists. This is not a cute personality trait. Narcissists can be extremely damaging to the people around them. It is a mental problem and it should be confronted head on.
Aw no! You think so?! I wouldn't have figured this out without some college professors telling me....
This is my mother!
And not have the slightest idea that they are. The notion that others may have points of view, feelings and interests in equal standing to their own is completely beyond comprehension. It is amazing to witness. The narcissist produces pity from others, as much as anger. They are truly stuck in a bad place. The reason for their unhappiness is obvious to every one else, but completely beyond their comprehension. When you can’t give a damn about other people, you can’t be happy yourself.
Once again, you post all the cool threads.
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