I am a researcher. My main research interests are focused on social, interpersonal, cognitive and affective correlates and consequences of the Dark Triad of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellanism and psychopathy. I am also interested in evolutionary psychology, person perception and social relations investigated with network analytical tools. You can visit my homepage here.
Projects
Current projects
- Social cognition and interpersonal self-regulation in narcissism. OPUS grant awarded by National Science Centre, Poland. Principal investigator: Anna Czarna (2016-2019).
- The Dark Triad and moral and economic dilemmas. SONATA grant awarded by the National Centre for Science, Poland. Principal Investigator: Anna Czarna (2014-2017).
- Motivational, affective, and cognitive sources of knowledge formation process: Implications for intrapersonal, interpersonal and intergroup phenomena. MAESTRO Grant awarded to prof. Małgorzata Kossowska by the National Centre for Science (2012-2017).
Past projects
- Narcissism. Postdoctoral research fellowship financed in the framework of SCIEX-NMSch by Rektorenkonferenz der Schweizer Universitäten (CRUS), University of Bern, Switzerland. Host mentor: Carolyn C. Morf, Fellow: Anna Czarna (2014-2015)
- Dark Triad. Postdoctoral fellowship co-financed by the European Union (the Human Capital Operational Programme) within the SET project at Jagiellonian University (2013-2015).
- Narcissism and social functioning: maximizing own gains and conditions of including other people’s interests.Grant awarded by the Polish Ministry of Science and Education. Supervisor: Prof Andrzej Szmajke, executor: Anna Czarna (2010-2013).
- Two types of narcissism: grandiose and vulnerable – analysis of differences in chronic selfawareness levels, affect and social functioning. PRELUDIUM grant awarded by the National Centre for Science, Poland. Principal Investigator: Anna Czarna (2011-2014).
Publications
Publications in English
- Czarna, A.Z., Leifeld, P., Śmieja, M., Dufner, M., & Salovey, P. (in press). Do Narcissism and Emotional Intelligence Win Us Friends? Modeling Dynamics of Peer Popularity Using Inferential Network Analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Full text available here
- Czarna, A.Z., Jonason, P.K., Dufner, M., & Kossowska, M. (2016). The Dirty Dozen Scale: Validation of a Polish Version and Extension of the Nomological Net. Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (0045). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00445. Full text available here.
- Kossowska, M., Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, A., Szumowska, E., & Czarna, A.Z. (2016). Cortisol and moral decisions among young men: The moderating role of motivation toward closure. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 249-253. Full text available here
- Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M., Czarna, A.Z., Piotrowski, J.P., Baran, T., & Maltby, J. (2016). Structural Validity of the Communal Narcissism Inventory (CNI): The Bifactor Model. Personality and Individual Differences, 90, 315–320.
- Czarna, A. Z., Wróbel, M., Dufner, M., & Zeigler-Hill, V. (2015). Narcissism and Emotional Contagion: Do Narcissists “Catch” the Emotions of Others? Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(3), 318-324. doi:10.1177/194855061455965.
- Jaśko, K., Czernatowicz-Kukuczka, A., Kossowska, M., & Czarna, A. Z. (2015). Individual differences in response to uncertainty and decision making: The role of behavioral inhibition system and need for closure. Motivation & Emotion, in press.
- Wróbel, M., Królewiak, K., & Czarna, A. Z. (2015). Do I mirror your mood if we’re peas in a pod? Similarity and liking in the social induction of affect. Journal of Social Psychology, 155(6), 636-649. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2015.1047437.
- Zajenkowski, M., & Czarna, A.Z. (2015). What makes narcissists unhappy? Subjectively assessed intelligence moderates the relationship between narcissism and psychological well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 50-54. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.045.
- Czarna, A. Z., Czerniak, A., & Szmajke, A. (2014). Does Communal Context Bring the Worst in Narcissists? Polish Psychological Bulletin, 45(4), 464-468. doi: 10.2478/ppb-2014-0056.
- Czarna, A. Z., Dufner, M., & Clifton, A.D. (2014). The Effects of Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism on Liking-based and Disliking-based Centrality in Social Networks. Journal of Research in Personality, 50, 42–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2014.02.004
- Dufner, M., Rauthmann, J. F., Czarna, A. Z., & Denissen, J. J. A. (2013). Are Narcissists Sexy? Zeroing in on the Link Between Narcissism and Short-Term Mate Appeal. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 870-882.
- Jonason, P.K., Li, N.P., & Czarna, A. Z.(2013). Quick and Dirty: Some Psychosocial Costs Associated With the Dark Triad in Three Countries. Evolutionary Psychology,11, 172-185.
- Czarna, A., & Szmajke, A.(2011). Can cigarette smoking make a man appear sexier and stronger to women? Studia Psychologiczne, t.49 (5), 23–40. doi: 10.2478/v10167-010-0038-4.
Publications in Polish
- Czarna, A. (2011). Narcyz w sieci społecznej czyli co analiza sieci mówi o funkcjonowaniu osób narcystycznych.[Narcissist in a social network. What network analysis tells us about functioning of narcissistic individuals]. Psychologia Społeczna, t.2, 130-146.
- Czarna, A. (2008). Narcyzm – z perspektywy 120 lat istnienia pojęcia.[ Narcissism – from the perspective of 120 years of the concept’s existence].W: Winiecki, P., Grzybek, R. (red). Wybrane problemy współczesnej psychologii [Selected readings of contemporary psychology]. Wrocław: ATUT, 95-117.