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Usually the person who likes prides itself often referred to as narcissistic. The study found men who have narcissistic nature can be bad for health because of stress hormone levels become higher.
The confidence has prompted people to become narcissistic and can be dangerous for a relationship. But this personality trait could endanger the health of men.
Researchers from the Universities of Michigan and Virginia found men with high scores for narcissistic nature which are exploited himself had higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol were higher.
These high levels of hormones which lead to high blood pressure and heart problems. While the stress hormone cortisol response is not found in participants who were female. The results of this study were published in the journal PLoS ONE
"We usually see narcissism as a personality trait that is bad for everyone else. But this study found that these properties can also be bad for the narcissistic itself," said Sara Konrath, a researcher from the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research, as quoted from HealthDay
Konrath and colleagues gave 40 questions to 106 students a questionnaire that measures five components of narcissism. In addition, researchers measured levels of cortisol in the saliva of the participants. Cortisol levels can signal the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and the body's response to stress.
Konrath speculated stress response that occurs in men is due to the nature of dominance and masculinity in a social environment that can make men more vulnerable physiologically.
"People with a certain narcissism very driven to be perfect, so sometimes puts himself in situations with high stress levels, the condition can get worse," said Dr. Mark Russ, director of psychiatric services at Zucker Hillside Hospital, New York.
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