Cho Seung-Hui, Attachment Disorders and Pathological Narcissism

2011 ◽  
pp. 199-224
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Disorders ◽  
Pathological Narcissism

The Pathological Narcissism Inventory: Measurement Invariance Across Serbian and USA Samples and Further Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 670-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojana M. Dinić ◽  
Aleksandar Vujić
Keyword(s):  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Cultural Validity ◽  
Hypersensitive Narcissism ◽  
The Hierarchical Structure ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Pathological Narcissism Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Grandiosity

Abstract. The aim of this research was to explore measurement invariance across samples from Serbia and the USA (Study 1) and to further validate the Serbian adaptation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory – PNI (Study 2). The results supported the original seven-factor first-order structure as well as the hierarchical structure of the PNI with Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability as the second-order factors. Further, scalar invariance between the two versions of the PNI was achieved. Relations between Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability and other measures of grandiose and hypersensitive narcissism supported the validity of their scores. Among HEXACO traits, both Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability showed substantial negative correlations with Honesty-Humility. The main distinctions between the two aspects of narcissism lie in the positive relations with Neuroticism and negative relations with self-esteem, both of which are higher for Narcissistic vulnerability. The results support good psychometric properties of the PNI scores and add to the PNI’s cross-cultural validity.

Traduction et validation en Français du Pathological Narcissism Inventory.

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Diguer ◽  
Valérie Turmel ◽  
Jean Brin ◽  
Thomas Lapointe ◽  
Simon Chrétien ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Can a Narcissist Ever Marry?: James Fisher and The Uninvited Guest

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brett Kahr
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Material ◽  
Couple Relationships ◽  
Cocktail Party ◽  
False Self ◽  
Winter's Tale ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Marital Partners

Few books in the burgeoning field of couple psychoanalysis have garnered as much admiration as James Fisher's The Uninvited Guest: Emerging from Narcissism towards Marriage. In this memorial essay, the author pays tribute to the late Dr Fisher and to his perennial book which explores the ways in which pathological narcissism, among other factors, inhibit the development of spousal intimacy, often destroying partnerships entirely. The author describes the creative way in which Fisher drew upon great works of literature, most notably William Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, and T. S. Eliot's The Cocktail Party, as well as long-forgotten clinical material from Fisher's predecessors at the Family Discussion Bureau (forerunner of the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships), in order to understand the ways in which marital partners struggle with false self couplings. The author assesses the importance of Fisher's contribution in the context of the history of couple psychoanalysis.

A Multivariate Analysis of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory’s Nomological Network

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Edershile ◽  
Leonard Simms ◽  
Aidan G.C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Zero Order ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Nomological Network ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Unique Variance ◽  
Pathological Narcissism Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Grandiosity

The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI; Pincus et al., 2009) has enjoyed widespread use in the study of the narcissism. However, questions have been raised about whether the PNI’s grandiosity scale adequately captures narcissistic grandiosity as well as other popular measures do. Specifically, some have noted that PNI grandiosity shows a pattern of external associations that diverges from patterns for narcissistic grandiosity predicted by experts, and is more similar to the predictions for the vulnerability scale than is desirable. Previous research driving these critiques has relied on patterns of zero-order correlations to examine the nomological networks of these scales. The present study reexamines the nomological networks of PNI grandiosity and vulnerability scales using hierarchical regression. Results indicate that once accounting for overlapping variance of vulnerability and grandiosity, the unique variance in the PNI’s grandiosity scale closely matches contemporary expert conceptualizations of narcissistic grandiosity based on expected associations with other personality variables.

scholarly journals Can neuroscience help to understand narcissism? A systematic review of an emerging field

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuel Jauk ◽  
Philipp Kanske
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Stress Responses ◽  
Interpersonal Functioning ◽  
Integrative Model ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Ego Threat ◽  
Self Reports ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Narcissism is a Janusian personality construct, associated with both grandiose self-assuredness and dominance, as well as vulnerable insecurity and reactivity. Central questions of intra- and interpersonal functioning in narcissism are still a matter of debate. Neuroscience could help to understand the paradoxical patterns of experience and behavior beyond the limitations of self-reports. We provide a systematic review of 34 neuroscience studies on grandiose, vulnerable, pathological narcissism, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), spanning experimental investigations of intra- and interpersonal mechanisms, research on neurophysiological and neuroendocrine aspects of baseline function, and brain structural correlates. While neuroscience has scarcely directly studied vulnerable narcissism, grandiose narcissism is associated with heightened vigilance to ego threat and stress responses following ego threat, as well as heightened stress indicators in baseline measures. Such responses are not commonly observed in self-reports, highlighting the potential of neuroscience to augment our understanding of self-regulatory dynamics in narcissism. Interpersonal functioning is characterized by deficits in social–affective processes. Both involve altered activity within the salience network, pointing to a double dissociation regarding the expression of narcissism and self/other oriented situational focus. Findings are summarized in an integrative model providing testable hypotheses for future research along with methodological recommendations.

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