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The use of social media as a two-way mirror for narcissistic adolescents from Austria, Belgium, South-Korea, and Spain

The use of social media as a two-way mirror for narcissistic adolescents from Austria, Belgium, South-Korea, and Spain

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Lluís Mas Manchón , David Badajoz Dávila Published: August 31, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272868 Abstract The use of social networking sites (SNS or social media) often comes with strong self-centered behaviors to promote self-appearance. The relationship between narcissism and social media use has intensively occupied scholars in the last decade, yet not much research has focused on, first, how the intensity of social media use (SNS use) is associated with narcissism through a self-centered appearance focused use…

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The anxious addictive narcissist: The relationship between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, anxiety symptoms and Facebook Addiction

The anxious addictive narcissist: The relationship between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism, anxiety symptoms and Facebook Addiction

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Julia Brailovskaia , Elke Rohmann, Hans-Werner Bierhoff, Jürgen Margraf Published: November 2, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241632 Abstract Vulnerable narcissism and grandiose narcissism share the core of the narcissistic self but are considered as separate forms of this personality trait. While previous research mainly focused on the mechanisms that connect grandiose narcissism and addictive use of the social platform Facebook, it remained unclear why individuals with enhanced levels of vulnerable narcissism are at risk to develop Facebook Addiction…

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Familial Resemblance of Borderline Personality Disorder Features: Genetic or Cultural Transmission?

Familial Resemblance of Borderline Personality Disorder Features: Genetic or Cultural Transmission?

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Marijn A. Distel , Irene Rebollo-Mesa, Gonneke Willemsen, Catherine A. Derom, Timothy J. Trull, Nicholas G. Martin, Dorret I. Boomsma Published: April 24, 2009 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005334 Abstract Borderline personality disorder is a severe personality disorder for which genetic research has been limited to family studies and classical twin studies. These studies indicate that genetic effects explain 35 to 45% of the variance in borderline personality disorder and borderline personality features. However, effects of non-additive (dominance) genetic…

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The value of psychological treatment for borderline personality disorder: Systematic review and cost offset analysis of economic evaluations

The value of psychological treatment for borderline personality disorder: Systematic review and cost offset analysis of economic evaluations

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Denise Meuldijk, Alexandra McCarthy, Marianne E. Bourke, Brin F. S. Grenyer   Published: March 1, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171592 Abstract Aim Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a common mental health condition with high patterns of service utilisation of inpatient and community treatment. Over the past five years there has been significant growth in research with economic data, making this systematic review a timely update. Methods Empirical studies written in English or German, published up to December 2015,…

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Status, rivalry and admiration-seeking in narcissism and depression: A behavioral study

Status, rivalry and admiration-seeking in narcissism and depression: A behavioral study

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Anna Szücs, Katalin Szanto, Jade Adalbert, Aidan G. C. Wright, Luke Clark, Alexandre Y. Dombrovski Published: December 3, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243588 Abstract Humans seek admiration to boost their social rank and engage in rivalry to protect it when fearing defeat. Traits such as narcissism and affective states such as depression are thought to influence perception of rank and motivation for dominance in opposite ways, but evidence of the underlying behavioral mechanisms is scant. We investigated the…

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Improving Negative Emotion Recognition in Young Offenders Reduces Subsequent Crime

Improving Negative Emotion Recognition in Young Offenders Reduces Subsequent Crime

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Kelly Hubble, Katharine L. Bowen, Simon C. Moore, Stephanie H. M. van Goozen Published: June 29, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132035 Abstract Background Children with antisocial behaviour show deficits in the perception of emotional expressions in others that may contribute to the development and persistence of antisocial and aggressive behaviour. Current treatments for antisocial youngsters are limited in effectiveness. It has been argued that more attention should be devoted to interventions that target neuropsychological correlates of antisocial behaviour….

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Exaggerated Intergroup Bias in Economical Decision Making Games: Differential Effects of Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits

Exaggerated Intergroup Bias in Economical Decision Making Games: Differential Effects of Primary and Secondary Psychopathic Traits

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article   Steven M. Gillespie , Ian J. Mitchell, Ian Johnson, Ellen Dawson, Anthony R. Beech Published: August 8, 2013 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069565 Abstract Psychopathic personality traits are linked with selfish and non-cooperative responses during economical decision making games. However, the possibility that these responses may vary when responding to members of the in-group and the out-group has not yet been explored. We aimed to examine the effects of primary (selfish, uncaring) and secondary (impulsive, irresponsible) psychopathic personality…

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A meta-analysis of childhood maltreatment in relation to psychopathic traits

A meta-analysis of childhood maltreatment in relation to psychopathic traits

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 Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Corine de Ruiter , Matthias Burghart, Raneesha De Silva, Sara Griesbeck Garcia, Ushna Mian, Eoin Walshe, Veronika Zouharova Published: August 10, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272704 Abstract Psychopathy is a personality disorder characterized by a mix of traits belonging to four facets: affective (e.g., callous/lack of empathy), interpersonal (e.g., grandiosity), behavioral instability (e.g., impulsivity, poor behavioral controls), and social deviance (e.g., juvenile delinquency, criminal versatility). Several scholars have argued that early childhood maltreatment impacts the development of psychopathy,…

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Disentangling the contributions of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism to drive for thinness and drive for muscularity

Disentangling the contributions of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism to drive for thinness and drive for muscularity

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Leonie Hater , Johanna Schulte, Katharina Geukes, Ulrike Buhlmann, Mitja D. Back Published: June 15, 2021 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253187 Abstract Body image concerns revolving around body ideals (thin ideal, muscular ideal) are widespread among women. Whereas a stronger preoccupation with ideal physical appearance is often assumed for narcissistic women, previous empirical findings have been mixed. Following a tripartite structure of agentic, antagonistic, and neurotic narcissism facets, we reexamined whether trait narcissism predicted drive for thinness and drive…

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Influence of early stress on memory reconsolidation: Implications for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment

Influence of early stress on memory reconsolidation: Implications for post-traumatic stress disorder treatment

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Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Hélène Villain , Aïcha Benkahoul , Philippe Birmes, Barbara Ferry, Pascal Roullet Published: January 19, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191563 Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common consequence of exposure to a life-threatening event. Currently, pharmacological treatments are limited by high rates of relapse, and novel treatment approaches are needed. We have recently demonstrated that propranolol, a β-adrenergic antagonist, inhibited aversive memory reconsolidation in animals. Following this, in an open-label study 70% of patients with PTSD treated…

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