Narcissism
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Initial construction and validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory.

30 Aug 2009 The construct of narcissism is inconsistently defined across clinical theory, social-personality psychology, and psychiatric diagnosis. Two problems were identified that impede integration of research and clinical findings regarding narcissistic ... Read more...

Immersion in the surface.

30 Jul 2009 In order to treat patients with a narcissistic structure showing a rigid shell of defence together with a lack of inner differentiation - insufficient subject/object constitution - one has to deal with a split kind of transference. Their compelling ... Read more...

Being seen or being watched? A psychoanalytic perspective on body dysmorphia.

30 Jul 2009 The focus of this paper is on individuals who present as excessively preoccupied with their body, perceiving some aspect(s) to be 'ugly' such that they feel compelled to alter and/or conceal this 'ugly' body part. These difficulties are understood ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Narcissism'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Initial construction and validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory. 30 Aug 2009
• Some thoughts on denial of mental illness. 30 Aug 2009
• Immersion in the surface. 30 Jul 2009
• Being seen or being watched? A psychoanalytic perspective on body dysmorphia. 30 Jul 2009
• The metamorphosis of Narcissus: communal activation promotes relationship commitment among narcissists. 19 Jul 2009
• Payment as perverse defense. 29 Jun 2009
• Three (ancient) questions for the academic psychiatrist. 29 Jun 2009
• On the meaning and measure of narcissism. 29 Jun 2009
• Overt and covert narcissism in Poland and The Netherlands. 30 May 2009
• A note on Mafia movies. 30 May 2009
• Seeing my world in a million little pieces: narcissism, self-construal, and cognitive-perceptual style. 17 May 2009
• [Addiction to video games or how to hold the world in one's closed fist] 29 Apr 2009
• Sexuality and narcissist injury in male patients with female therapists. 29 Apr 2009
• The ordinary and the extraordinary countertransference. 30 Mar 2009
• The technique of partial identification: waking up to the world. 30 Mar 2009
• Parenting of adult children in an Israeli sample: parents are always parents. 30 Mar 2009
• Psychometric examination and normative data for the narcissistic personality inventory 29 item version. 30 Mar 2009
• A behavioral genetic study of the dark triad of personality and moral development. 30 Mar 2009
• Problems of collegial learning in psychoanalysis: narcissism and curiosity. 30 Mar 2009
• The evolution of the psychology of the self: toward a mature narcissism. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Narcissism'

Definition: A psychoanalytic term meaning self-love.

Descriptor UI: D009289

Alternative terms: Narcissism; Narcissisms;

Tree Number: F02.739.794.582;

History Note: 68(66)

Technical Notes: no qualif