Modern models of narcissism as a personality trait in foreign psychology

Foreign studies of narcissism are aimed at examining more specific features of narcissism — grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. In Russian science, studies on grandiose and vulnerable narcissism are not fully presented, which creates a conceptual gap between the two scientific communities in the modern understanding of the trait of narcissism, its structure and manifestation mechanism. Thus, there is a need to present and discuss modern foreign models of narcissistic traits. The paper provides a review of modern scientific literature on grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, describes characteristics of these types of narcissism, emphasizing their similarities and differences. The author analyzes the structural models of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism (the three-factor model of narcissism, the narcissism spectrum model, the hierarchical model of narcissism, and the circular model of narcissistic traits) and process models of narcissism (the self-regulation model of narcissism, the self-determination theory adapted to the study of narcissism, the narcissistic status-seeking model, and the hierometer theory). As a result of the analysis, the three-factor model of narcissism by J.D. Miller as well as the self-determination theory of E.L. Deci and R.M. Ryan adapted to the study of narcissism in the works of C. Sedikides were identified as the most suitable for integration into Russian studies of narcissistic traits. The paper provides definitions of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism as more specific manifestations of the personality trait of narcissism, and also outlines the prospects for further psychological research on narcissistic traits in the psychology of personality and individual differences, clinical psychology, psychodiagnostics, and practical psychology.