Narcissistic Personality Disorder Research Paper
Narcissistic personality disorder
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the personality disorder. For more information on clinical research and types of narcissism, see Narcissism.
Narcissistic personality disorder
Classification and external resources
Narcissus by Caravaggio. Gazing at his own reflection.
ICD-10
F60.8
ICD-9
301.81
MedlinePlus
000934
MeSH
D010554
Personality disorders Cluster A (odd)
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
Cluster B (dramatic)
Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Cluster C (anxious)
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive–compulsive
Not specified
Depressive
Passive-aggressive
Sadistic
Self-defeating
Psychopathy
v t e
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a Cluster B personality disorder[1] …show more content…
Narcissists have such an elevated sense of self-worth that they value themselves as inherently better than others, when in reality they have a fragile self-esteem, cannot handle criticism, and often try to compensate for this inner fragility by belittling or disparaging others in an attempt to validate their own self-worth. Comments and criticisms about others are vicious from sufferers of NPD, in an attempt to boost their own poor self-esteem.[10]
Another narcissist symptom is a lack of empathy. They are unable to relate, understand, and rationalize the feelings of others. Instead of behaving in a way that shows how they are feeling in the moment, they behave in the way that they feel they are expected to behave or that gives them the most …show more content…
In his view, the oblivious subtype presents for admiration, envy, and appreciation of a powerful, grandiose self that is the antithesis of a weak internalized self, which hides in shame, while the hypervigilant subtype neutralizes devaluation by seeing others as unjust abusers. Jeffrey Young, who coined the term "Schema Therapy", a technique originally developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck (1979), also links NPD and shame. He sees the so-called Defectiveness Schema as a core schema of NPD, along with the Emotional Deprivation and Entitlement
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the personality disorder. For more information on clinical research and types of narcissism, see Narcissism.
Narcissistic personality disorder
Classification and external resources
Narcissus by Caravaggio. Gazing at his own reflection.
ICD-10
F60.8
ICD-9
301.81
MedlinePlus
000934
MeSH
D010554
Personality disorders Cluster A (odd)
Paranoid
Schizoid
Schizotypal
Cluster B (dramatic)
Antisocial
Borderline
Histrionic
Narcissistic
Cluster C (anxious)
Avoidant
Dependent
Obsessive–compulsive
Not specified
Depressive
Passive-aggressive
Sadistic
Self-defeating
Psychopathy
v t e
Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a Cluster B personality disorder[1] …show more content…
Narcissists have such an elevated sense of self-worth that they value themselves as inherently better than others, when in reality they have a fragile self-esteem, cannot handle criticism, and often try to compensate for this inner fragility by belittling or disparaging others in an attempt to validate their own self-worth. Comments and criticisms about others are vicious from sufferers of NPD, in an attempt to boost their own poor self-esteem.[10]
Another narcissist symptom is a lack of empathy. They are unable to relate, understand, and rationalize the feelings of others. Instead of behaving in a way that shows how they are feeling in the moment, they behave in the way that they feel they are expected to behave or that gives them the most …show more content…
In his view, the oblivious subtype presents for admiration, envy, and appreciation of a powerful, grandiose self that is the antithesis of a weak internalized self, which hides in shame, while the hypervigilant subtype neutralizes devaluation by seeing others as unjust abusers. Jeffrey Young, who coined the term "Schema Therapy", a technique originally developed by psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck (1979), also links NPD and shame. He sees the so-called Defectiveness Schema as a core schema of NPD, along with the Emotional Deprivation and Entitlement