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Czarna, Anna

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is an Assistant Professor in Social-Personality Psychology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her research has focused on understanding narcissism and other dark personality traits, in particular in how they impact intra- and interpersonal functioning.

Educational Background

Dr. Czarna earned her BA in Journalism and Social Communication in 2004 and MA in Psychology in 2006 from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow and her PhD in Social-Personality Psychology in 2013 from Wroclaw University, Poland. Czarna worked under the supervision of Prof. Andrzej Szmajke for her MA and PhD. Since 2011 she has been a member of Centre for Social and Cognitive Studies in Krakow, a research group led by Prof. Małgorzata Kossowska.

Professional Career

After earning her PhD, in years 2014–2015, Dr. Czarna worked as a postdoctoral fellow in collaboration with Carolyn C. Morf at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Since 2016, she has been an Assistant Professor...

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  • 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.

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  • 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:10.1177/1948550614559652.

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  • Czarna, A. Z., Leifeld, P., Śmieja, M., Dufner, M., & Salovey, P. (2016, in press). Do narcissism and emotional intelligence win us friends? Modeling dynamics of peer popularity using inferential network analysis. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

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  • 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. doi:10.1177/0146167213483580.

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Czarna, A. (2016). Czarna, Anna. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2138-1

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