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Di Pierro R, Fanti E. Self-Concept in Narcissism: Profile Comparisons of Narcissistic Manifestations on Facets of the Self. Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2021;18(4):211-222doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404.
Di Pierro, R., & Fanti, E. (2021). Self-Concept in Narcissism: Profile Comparisons of Narcissistic Manifestations on Facets of the Self. Clinical neuropsychiatry, 18(4), 211-222. https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404
Di Pierro, Rossella, and Fanti, Erika. "Self-Concept in Narcissism: Profile Comparisons of Narcissistic Manifestations on Facets of the Self." Clinical neuropsychiatry vol. 18,4 (2021): 211-222. doi: https://doi.org/10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404
Di Pierro R, Fanti E. Self-Concept in Narcissism: Profile Comparisons of Narcissistic Manifestations on Facets of the Self. Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2021 Aug;18(4):211-222. doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404. PMID: 34909036; PMCID: PMC8650183.
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Clin Neuropsychiatry. 2021 Aug;18(4):211-222. doi: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404.

Self-Concept in Narcissism: Profile Comparisons of Narcissistic Manifestations on Facets of the Self.

Clinical neuropsychiatry

Rossella Di Pierro, Erika Fanti

Affiliations

  1. Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
  2. Personality Disorder Lab (PDLab), Parma - Milan, Italy.
  3. Centro per lo studio e la terapia dei disturbi della personalità (C.R.E.S.T.), Milan, Italy.

PMID: 34909036 PMCID: PMC8650183 DOI: 10.36131/cnfioritieditore20210404

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Clinical theories suggest that narcissists have a compromised self-concept. However, empirical investigation on attributes of the self that would be impaired in pathological narcissism is limited and inconsistent. The present study aims at detecting distinctive profiles of narcissistic manifestations on facets of the self that have been indicated as relevant in clinical and empirical literature on narcissism.

METHOD: We measured adaptive and pathological narcissistic traits in a community sample of adults (

RESULTS: Results indicate distinctive profiles of adaptive and pathological narcissistic manifestations on these facets of the self. Among the set of distinctive facets for each narcissistic manifestation, however, some showed to have a more prominent role. Adaptive and pathological narcissism were captured mostly by a greater sense and need for uniqueness that was primarily expressed by public exposure. Sense of superiority over others in the agentic domain, however, showed to have an essential role only in adaptive narcissism. Moreover, self-concept in adaptive grandiose narcissism was qualified by high levels of self-authenticity and a consistent sense of self. Self-concept in vulnerable pathological narcissism revealed greatest impairment, especially in facets of high concern regarding others' reactions and feeling of a tenuous existence.

CONCLUSIONS: The study points out that adaptive and pathological manifestations of narcissism can be profiled based on specific facets of self. Theoretical and research implications are discussed.

© 2021 Giovanni Fioriti Editore s.r.l.

Keywords: clinical psychology; grandiose narcissism; narcissism; self-concept; vulnerable narcissism

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None.

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