Revisiting the unmitigated approach model of narcissism: Replication and extension

• We replicate and extend all main findings of Foster, Misra, and Reidy (2009).
• Approach motivation mediates link between narcissism and investment strategy/friendship goals.
• Extending, we show that avoidance motivation also plays mediational role on both criteria.
• Extending, we find same mediational pattern on academic motivation.

Foster, Misra, and Reidy (2009) found that general approach motivation mediated the positive relationship between narcissism and two distinct domains: friendship motivation and investment decision-making. Using more sophisticated statistical techniques, we not only replicate Foster et al’s main findings, but extend their model in two ways: uncovering new effects and demonstrating it in a new domain, academic achievement.