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The Architecture of Manipulation: Power, Control, and Survival in Cluster B Personality Disorders Dissecting the Relational Dynamics of Narcissistic, Borderline, Histrionic, and Antisocial Personality Structures

2025-06-16

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<p>Cluster B personality disorders—narcissistic, borderline, histrionic, and antisocial—are marked by emotional dysregulation, interpersonal dysfunction, and manipulative relational patterns. This paper explores the psychological architecture underlying these disorders, emphasizing how manipulation and control emerge as core adaptive strategies rooted in neurobiological, endocrinological, and developmental vulnera...

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Literature Corpus work: 00a52097-bf55-558e-9e6a-df9c4b705f4c
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/3q9ch_v1

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