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Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Narcissism but Not Criminality Is Associated With Aggression in Women: A Study Among Female Prisoners and Women Without a Criminal Record

Front Psychiatry. 2019; 10: 21. Published online 2019 Feb 1. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00021 PMCID: PMC6375288 PMID: 30792668 Georgia Kalemi, Ioannis Michopoulos, Vasiliki Efstathiou, Foteini Konstantopoulou, Domna Tsaklakidou, Rossetos Gournellis, and Athanassios Douzenis* Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer Abstract Aggression has drawn research attention during the past decades. It remains unclear how self-esteem, self-perception, narcissism and certain socio-demographic factors impact the course of aggression. Female aggression is considered to differ in its origins and is understudied. Only few studies…

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Rejection sensitivity and symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: effects of childhood maltreatment and self-esteem

Rejection sensitivity and symptom severity in patients with borderline personality disorder: effects of childhood maltreatment and self-esteem

Borderline Personal Disord Emot Dysregul. 2015; 2: 4. Published online 2015 Mar 20. doi:  [10.1186/s40479-015-0025-x] PMCID: PMC4579499 PMID: 26401307 Melanie Bungert,# Lisa Liebke,# Janine Thome, Katrin Haeussler, Martin Bohus, and Stefanie Lis Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Abstract Background Interpersonal dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by an ‘anxious preoccupation with real or imagined abandonment’ (DSM-5). This symptom description bears a close resemblance to…

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Separating Narcissism From Self-Esteem

Separating Narcissism From Self-Esteem

Eddie Brummelman1, Sander Thomaes2,3, and Constantine Sedikides2 1Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam; 2Center for Research on Self and Identity, School of Psychology, University of Southampton; and 3Department of Psychology, Utrecht University Current Directions in Psychological Science 2016, Vol. 25(1) 8–13 © The Author(s) 2015 Reprints  and permissions: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI:  10.1177/0963721415619737 cdps.sagepub.com Corresponding Author: Eddie Brummelman, Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 15780, 1001 NG Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail: e.brummelman@uva.nl…

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The Role of Ego-threat in the Aggressive Behavior of Narcissistic Individuals

The Role of Ego-threat in the Aggressive Behavior of Narcissistic Individuals

Bachelor Thesis – University of Utrecht Project 3 24-06-2016   Jasper Bos 4094069 Roos den Heijer 3771245 Erik Schwillens 5654629 Anne van Geen 3976661   Supervisor: Claire Garandeau     Abstract Highly narcissistic individuals are prone to be more aggressive when their ego is threatened. This quantitative cross-sectional study tested whether ego-threat moderates the link between narcissism and overt aggression. Narcissism, overt aggression, trait self-esteem and ego-threat were measured in a sample of 565 young adolescents (mean age = 12.9)…

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