最新研究表明名人比普通人更自恋

 Celebrities¹ are more in love with themselves than the average person, according to a new study.

That is the conclusion drawn² by Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young of the University of Southern California, whose study of 200 celebrities will appear in the Journal of Research in Personality.

It is not the entertainment industry that turns stars into narcissists, the study found. Rather, it suggests, the self-adoring seek jobs in show business.

The study, whose subjects were all celebrities from Pinsky's 'Loveline' radio show, found that reality TV stars were the most narcissistic³ of all celebrities. Female stars were also more likely than their male counterparts to exhibit narcissistic traits.

It's "common sense" that celebrities are narcissists, said Jeremy Ritzlin, a longtime Hollywood psychologist who has not seen the study.

"Narcissism⁴ is really being in love with yourself," he said. "So it would be natural for narcissists to gravitate toward the spotlight⁵, where other people will also think highly of them."

Pinsky, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry⁶ at USC's Keck School of Medicine, said narcissists crave⁷ attention, are overconfident, behave erratically⁸ and lack empathy.

"However, they are well-liked, especially on first meeting, are extroverted⁹ and perform well in public," added Pinsky, who has hosted the radio show "Loveline" for 20 years.

Celebrity¹⁰ guests appearing on the program were randomly¹¹ chosen to participate in the study. They anonymously¹² took the Narcissistic Personality Inventory¹³ test, which rates self-love levels based on seven components¹⁴: superiority, exhibitionism, entitlement, vanity, authority, exploitativeness

一项最新研究证实：名人比普通人更加自恋。

南加州大学的德鲁·品斯基和圣马克·杨对200位名人进行了研究，研究结果将在《性格研究》期刊上发表。

研究发现，并不是娱乐业让明星们变得自恋，而是自恋让他们想在娱乐业寻求发展。

这项研究的对象都是参加过品斯基“爱情专线”广播节目的名人，研究发现电视真人秀中的明星们是名人中最为自恋的一群人。而且，女明星比男明星更加自恋。

好莱坞资深心理学家曾经说过，名人都比较自恋，这已是个“常识”。

他说：“自恋就是爱自己，所以，自恋的人喜爱被聚光灯包围的感觉很正常，而且站在聚光灯下时，别人自然也会觉得他们了不起。”

品斯基是南加州大学Keck医学院精神病学临床副教授，他说，自恋者渴望被注意、过于自信，他们行为变化无常而且缺乏同情心。

品斯基在“爱情专线”做了20年的主持人，他补充说，“然而，他们容易被人喜欢，尤其是第一次见面，他们性格外向，在公共场合总是很出彩。”

参与此项研究的名人是从参加过“爱情专线”节目的名人嘉宾中随机挑选的。他们匿名参加了“自恋个性调查”测试，此测试旨在根据七个因素对各人的自恋程度进行评级，这七个因素包括：优越感、自我表现欲、权利欲、虚荣心、自信、占有欲以及自负。

Vocabulary:

gravitate toward : 被吸引；趋向（如：In summer people gravitate toward the seaside.夏天，人们纷纷涌向海边。）

think highly of : 尊重；认为…了不起

vanity : excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments（虚荣心；自大）

1 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 narcissistic   

adj.自我陶醉的，自恋的，自我崇拜的

参考例句：

• In the modern vocabulary, it was narcissistic. 用时髦话说，这是一种自我陶醉狂。 来自辞典例句
• This is our Nielaoshi, a dwarf has also grown narcissistic teachers. 这就是我们的倪老师，一个长得又矮又自恋的老师。 来自互联网

4 narcissism   

n.自我陶醉，自恋

参考例句：

• Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed.自恋的人会变得自私。
• The collective narcissism of the Kerouac circle is ultimately boring.凯鲁亚克和他周围人物的集体自我陶醉欲最终使人厌烦不已。

5 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

6 psychiatry   

n.精神病学，精神病疗法

参考例句：

• The study appeared in the Amercian science Journal of Psychiatry.这个研究发表在美国精神病学的杂志上。
• A physician is someone who specializes in psychiatry.精神病专家是专门从事精神病治疗的人。

7 crave   

vt.渴望得到，迫切需要，恳求，请求

参考例句：

• Many young children crave attention.许多小孩子渴望得到关心。
• You may be craving for some fresh air.你可能很想呼吸呼吸新鲜空气。

8 erratically   

adv.不规律地，不定地

参考例句：

• Police stopped him for driving erratically. 警察因其驾驶不循规则而把他拦下了。 来自辞典例句
• Magnetitite-bearing plugs are found erratically from the base of the Critical Zone. 含磁铁岩的岩栓不规则地分布于关键带的基底以上。 来自辞典例句

9 extroverted   

a.性格外向的

参考例句：

• Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你认为你性格内向还是外向？
• Are you introverted or extroverted? 你个性内向还是外向？ 来自轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)

10 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

11 randomly   

adv.随便地，未加计划地

参考例句：

• Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
• Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

12 anonymously   

ad.用匿名的方式

参考例句：

• The manuscripts were submitted anonymously. 原稿是匿名送交的。
• Methods A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 536 teachers anonymously. 方法采用自编“中小学教师职业压力问卷”对536名中小学教师进行无记名调查。

13 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

14 components   

（机器、设备等的）构成要素，零件，成分； 成分( component的名词复数 )； [物理化学]组分； [数学]分量； （混合物的）组成部分

参考例句：

• the components of a machine 机器部件
• Our chemistry teacher often reduces a compound to its components in lab. 在实验室中化学老师常把化合物分解为各种成分。