Narcissistic Traits and Self-Esteem in Children: Results from a Community and a Clinical Sample of Patients with Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Narcissism, in its extreme form, is a personality disorder, characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance and uniqueness, an unreasonable sense of entitlement, a craving for admiration and attention, exploitative tendencies toward other people, and arrogance (American  Psychiatric Association, 2013). However, recent research has focused on narcissism as a dimensional trait. One of the most influential models of interpreting narcissism as a personality dimension is the dynamic self-regulatory processing model (Morf and Rhodewalt, 2001).

Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - August 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Pietro Muratori, Annarita Milone, Paola Brovedani, Valentina Levantini, Gabriele Melli, Simone Pisano, Elena Valente, Sander Thomaes, Gabriele Masi Source Type: research