- A new measure of spiritual superiority is developed, showing correlation with self‐esteem and more strongly with communal narcissism. Spiritual Superiority scores were higher among energetically trained participants than mindfulness trainees and were associated with supernatural overconfidence. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejsp.2721 4 comments science
- Spirituality may have the paradoxical effect of boosting superiority feelings, correlating strongly with communal narcissism, and corroborating the notion of spiritual narcissism. Spiritual superiority was associated with supernatural overconfidence and self‐ascribed spiritual guidance. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2721?t=au 878 comments science
- Study finds Spiritual Superiority scores were consistently higher among energetically trained participants than mindfulness trainees and were associated with supernatural overconfidence and self‐ascribed spiritual guidance https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2721 8 comments science
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Linking pages
- New Study Links Some Forms Of Spiritual Training To Narcissism And "spiritual Superiority” https://www.psychnewsdaily.com/study-links-mindfulness-meditation-to-narcissism-and-spiritual-superiority/ 1008 comments
- The Science of Spiritual Narcissism - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-science-of-spiritual-narcissism/ 377 comments