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Pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder.

Annual review of clinical psychology - 1 Jan 2010

Pincus Aaron L, Lukowitsky Mark R

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We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and describe a significant criterion problem related to four inconsistencies in phenotypic descriptions and taxonomic models across clinical theory, research, and practice; psychiatric diagnosis; and social/personality psychology. This impedes scientific synthesis, weakens narcissism's nomological net, and contributes...

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PMID: 20001728
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.121208.131215

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