Group therapy in an outpatient setting with borderline and narcissistic delinquents on probation

Conversational narcissism

“…It should be emphasized that it is the image of self that the narcissist values-not the actual self. These themes of overentitlement and a grandiose self-image are noted repeatedly in the literature (Alnoes, 1983;Bernard, 1983;Goldstein, 1985;Hosoi, 1984;Kolb, 1983). Self-importance for the narcissist goes well beyond the normal tendency for people's interests to revolve around the self-a phenomenon that reflects egocentricity rather than narcissism (Cohn et al, 1988;Greenwald & Pratkanis, 1984).…”