Are narcissists more creative? Only if we believe it: How narcissism can relate to creativity.

In contrast, when the political skill is low (1 SD below the mean), only squared narcissism has a significant effect on reputation (narcissism: b = 0.25, ns; squared narcissism: b = −2.80, p < 0.01) and creativity (narcissism: b = 0.46, p < 0.01; squared narcissism: b = −2.30, p < 0.01) indicates that the relationship between narcissism and dependent variables showed a positive trend at lower levels of narcissism and a negative trend at higher levels of narcissism.

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We propose that the inverted U-shape correlation of narcissism with both personal reputation and creativity may be significant only when narcissists have low political skill.

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