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This study investigated whether rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness sequentially mediate the relationship between covert narcissism and interpersonal competence among university students. A total of 337 students enrolled in four-year universities across the country completed measures of covert narcissism, rejection sensitivity, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and interpersonal competence. The findings were as follows: First, covert narcissism, rejection sensitivity, ambivalence over emotional expressiveness, and interpersonal competence showed significant intercorrelations. Second, rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness emerged as significant sequential mediators between covert narcissism and interpersonal competence. These results suggest that addressing rejection sensitivity and ambivalence over emotional expressiveness may effectively enhance interpersonal competence in university students with covert narcissism.

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