LIKING OR JUST WANTING? FOOD PREFERENCES AND NARCISSIST PERSONALITYT TRAITS
Keywords:
ood preferences, taste preferences, narcissist personality traitsAbstract
We study the association between narcissist
personality traits and sweet, salt and fat related behaviors.
157 patients were included. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial
Inventory – III (MCMI-III) was used for assessment of
personality traits and PrefQuest was used for measuring
recalled food preferences. The results confirmed that salt,
fat and salt, sweet, fat and sweet taste preferences are
positively associated with narcissist personality traits. The
data provide novel insights into the relationship between
narcissist personality and food taste preferences.
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