Datasets and analysis script for the manuscript "Status, rivalry and admiration-seeking in narcissism and depression: a behavioral study". The attached R script begins with a read-me section with a short explanation of all variables present in the datasets. This information is also uploaded as a separate readMe in .txt format. Analyses are organized with respect to their order of appearance in the preprint (https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mxve9). The data is uploaded in two datasets: a long-format one (ds_pooled.csv) employed in the trial-by-trial regression models and a wide-format one for supplemental subject-level analyses (ds_pooled_wide.csv). The script contains code to further generate separate datasets for Samples 1 and 2 in both the long- and the wide-format. Please, refer to the manuscript for detailed information about how the data has been collected and analyzed. Note: The ds_items.zip file contains datasets with item scores of the included psychometric scales (trait-dominance, narcissism scales and depression scales). These files are only used in a short section of the script to compute reliability coefficients.