There are many potential issues with this paper, starting with the fact that it redefines "narcissism" to suit its purposes... Nonetheless, this sentence in the abstract[a] really struck a chord with me:
> Our results illustrate that the selfâenhancement motive is powerful and deeply ingrained so that it can hijack methods intended to transcend the ego and, instead, adopt them to its own service.
> Our results illustrate that the selfâenhancement motive is powerful and deeply ingrained so that it can hijack methods intended to transcend the ego and, instead, adopt them to its own service.
[a] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ejsp.2721