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.