Previous research has suggested that narcissism can effectively induce corruption; however, those studies were unable to predict what triggered narcissists to engage in corruption. Our research extends this line of research by showing the moderated model that narcissism was positively associated with corruption only under conditions of boredom. In Study 1, we preliminarily confirmed our moderated model using a correlational design. In Studies 2 and 3, we manipulated boredom using different paradigms to explore the relationship between narcissism and corrupt intent (Study 2) and behavior (Study 3). The results of all three studies consistently indicated that narcissism positively predicted corruption when boredom was high, whereas the effect disappeared when boredom was low. Our results illustrate the importance of reducing boredom to inhibit the corruption of narcissists.

先前的研究表明，自恋可以有效地诱发腐败；然而，这些研究无法预测是什么触发了自恋者参与腐败。我们的研究通过展示自恋仅在无聊条件下与腐败呈正相关的适度模型来扩展这一研究方向。在研究 1 中，我们使用相关设计初步确认了我们的调节模型。在研究 2 和 3 中，我们使用不同的范式操纵无聊来探索自恋与腐败意图（研究 2）和行为（研究 3）之间的关系。这三项研究的结果一致表明，当无聊程度高时，自恋会积极预测腐败，而当无聊程度低时，这种影响消失。