Personality and the derogation of others: Descriptions based on self- and peer reports

We examined the tendency to react to failure by derogating others. A situation was con-structed to test this reaction among those posited to exhibit this behavior most often—narcis-sistically inclined individuals. The participants (N 64) consisted of college students screened for pathological personality traits using self-report and peer report measures. Participants completed a two-part lab task and received false feedback indicating that they had been out-performed by fellow participants. Among self-report items, the best predictor of other-deroga-tion was narcissism; among peer-report items, the best predictor items described cold, aloof, and avoidant personality tendencies. Findings are discussed with regard to identifying person-ality trait–situation–behavior patterns through multiple assessment methods