Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

1993 ◽  
pp. 371-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Widiger ◽  
Timothy J. Trull
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Narcissistic Personality

Envy manifestations and personality disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (S1) ◽  
pp. 15-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Habimana ◽  
L. Massé
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Criminal Behaviour ◽  
Accurate Assessment ◽  
Verbal Reports ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Interpersonal Conflicts ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Dsm Iv

SummaryPersonality disorders are frequently associated with socially unacceptable behaviours that might not be always considered deviant. On the other hand, envy has been linked with various forms of maladjustment such as interpersonal conflicts, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, aggressiveness, and even criminal behaviour such as vandalism and even murder. According to the DSM-IV, none of the personality disorders, except the narcissistic personality, is formally associated with envy. Nevertheless, this ‘deadly sin’ is so omnipresent in human relationships that it cannot be restricted only to the narcissistic personalities. Most scholars recognise that people would deny that they envy someone else since envy is socially considered as highly undesirable; verbal reports are expected to be biased. To circumvent this difficulty, a projective questionnaire is proposed. We constructed two questionnaires: a direct version (DV) and an indirect version (IV). The sample consisted of 786 students from high school and university. Results suggest that the indirect version provides a more accurate assessment of envy.

Treatment of Personality

2018 ◽  
pp. 281-286
Author(s):  
S. Nassir Ghaemi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Symptomatic Treatment ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Antisocial Personality ◽  
Schizotypal Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Personality Changes ◽  
The Common

The diagnosis and treatment of personality are probed. Some DSM definitions are viewed as either invalid (narcissistic personality disorder) or related to other conditions (schizotypal personality). Instead, DSM-based personality “disorders” are seen as psychoanalytic speculations, with weak empirical support, except for borderline personality and antisocial personality. Other aspects of personality are best understood as traits, rather than “disorders,” or as symptomatic changes that are acute and occur lower in the hierarchy of diagnosis than mood or psychotic states, and are caused by the latter. The common report of purported comorbidity is seen as an overestimation, with personality changes often being part of other conditions. Symptomatic treatment is seen to be questionable in benefit over risk, both for dopamine blockers and for SRIs.

scholarly journals Visual Social Media Use Moderates the Relationship between Initial Problematic Internet Use and Later Narcissism

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Reed ◽  
Nazli I. Bircek ◽  
Lisa A. Osborne ◽  
Caterina Viganò ◽  
Roberto Truzoli
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
University Student ◽  
Problematic Internet Use ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Time Lagged ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Little is known about the temporal directionality of relationships between problematic internet use and personality disorders such as narcissism. Objective: Although these two constructs are related at a single time, no existent study has determined whether initial problematic internet use is more strongly associated with subsequent narcissism, or vice versa. So, the aim of the research is to verify if problematic internet use predicts the narcissism or vice versa. Methods: Seventy-four university student participants were studied over a four-month period, and completed the Narcissism Personality Inventory, and Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire, at baseline and follow-up. Results: The results demonstrated a relationship between problematic internet use and narcissism at baseline. Time-lagged correlations demonstrated that problematic internet use at baseline was positively related to narcissism four-months later, but not vice versa for social media users whose use was primarily visual. This relationship did not hold for social media users whose use was primarily verbal. Conclusion: These results suggest that problematic internet use may serve to discharge narcissistic personality traits for those who use social media in a visual way, but not for those who do not engage in that form of internet use.

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