Narcissism and Concern: The Relationship of Self-Object Needs and Narcissistic Symptoms With Healthy and Pathological Concern

Friedemann, Yael; Tolmacz, Rami; Doron, Yonit

doi:10.1057/ajp.2015.60

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“…Correlates of Tolmacz's (2013) concept of pathological concern include insecure attachment, low self-esteem and well-being, and emotional and interpersonal difficulties (Shavit & Tolmacz, 2014), covert narcissism (Friedemann et al, 2016), hyper-sexuality (Efrati et al, 2019) and low self-compassion, self-awareness, and fulfillment of psychological needs (Gerber et al, 2015). Attitudes of concern can have a positive impact in romantic relationships.…”

Section: Pathological Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interparental conflict and relational attitudes within romantic relationships: The mediating role of attachment orientations

Tolmacz

Bachner‐Melman

Lev‐Ari

et al. 2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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Early experiences and childhood perceptions of interparental conflict (IPC) have consistently been shown to have detrimental consequences for future psychological adjustment, in particular for attachment and couple relationships during adolescence and adulthood. We hypothesized that 1. IPC would predict anxious and avoidant attachment styles, and three relational attitudes associated with couple relationships: sense of relational entitlement, pathological concern, and authenticity; and 2. Attachment style would mediate the associations between IPC and these three relational attitudes. Measures of perceived IPC, attachment orientations, relational entitlement, pathological concern, and authenticity in romantic relationships were completed online by 280 young adults aged 19–32. IPC was positively correlated with anxious and avoidant attachment styles, restricted and inflated sense of entitlement, and pathological concern and negatively with authenticity. A structural equations model showed that IPC predicted avoidant and anxious attachment styles, which positively predicted an inflated and restricted sense of relational entitlement and pathological concern and negatively predicted authenticity. Attachment styles fully mediated the relationships between IPC and the relational attitudes. IPC therefore seems to be related to imbalanced attitudes in romantic relationships, due in part to a propensity toward insecure attachment orientations. Children with insecure attachment who are exposed to significant levels of IPC may be at high risk for relationship problems later in life because of difficulties exposing their vulnerability, assessing need fulfillment realistically, and caring for themselves as well as others. They should therefore be helped to communicate their relational needs to significant others, in particular to their partners.

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Section: Pathological Concernmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interparental conflict and relational attitudes within romantic relationships: The mediating role of attachment orientations

Tolmacz

Bachner‐Melman

Lev‐Ari

et al. 2022

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“…Berman (2012) regards this kind of imbalanced concern as a case of self-negation or self-sacrifice. There is empirical evidence that such an imbalance is significantly associated with attachment insecurity, low self-esteem, low life satisfaction, in addition to resentment and covert narcissism (Friedemann et al, 2016; Shavit & Tolmacz, 2014).…”

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Supporting dementia family carers in balancing compassion for others with compassion for self.

Tolmacz¹,

Pardess²

2022

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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The aging of the population is creating unprecedented challenges for family members who care for relatives with dementia. There is a pressing need to develop effective practices that can support family carers in sustaining and nourishing themselves while providing care for the family member with dementia. In this article, we offer an intersubjective framework for understanding compassion fatigue, and we map the factors that may promote or impede compassionate care in the context of family dementia care. We conclude with a discussion of the practical implications for clinical intervention for promoting balanced compassion and preventing compassion fatigue on three levels: the individual carer, the family, and the community. Public Significance StatementThis article offers an intersubjective framework for understanding factors that may promote or impede compassionate care in the context of family dementia care, which creates unprecedented challenges for family members. The authors conclude with practical implications for the next generation of practitioners to meet the challenges of supporting family dementia carers on the levels individual, the family, and the community.

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“…Findings have indicated that pathological concern is associated with lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of attachment insecurities and emotional and interpersonal difficulties (Shavit & Tolmacz, 2014). In addition, it seems to be linked with covert narcissism, hyper-sexuality, and deficiencies in self-compassion and the satisfaction of basic psychological needs in romantic relationships (e.g., Efrati et al, 2019; Friedemann et al, 2016; Gerber et al, 2015): Recently, pathological concern was found to be linked to higher levels of retrospective accounts of experienced parentification during childhood (Tolmacz et al, 2023) and lower levels of authenticity and satisfaction in romantic relationships (Tolmacz et al, 2022a).…”

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Aging second-generation Holocaust survivors and well-being: The mediating role of relational attitudes

Tolmacz,

Aisenberg-Shafran,

Ofek

et al. 2024

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For many years, clinical case studies that have focused on the intergenerational effects of Holocaust trauma have indicated that second-generation Holocaust survivors (SGHSs) often face relational challenges in their intimate relationships. The relational attitudes of SGHSs during childhood, as well as during adulthood, have been studied. However, only in recent years has this cohort entered the “aging adult” group. In this study, we hypothesized that well-being among Israeli aging SGHSs would be associated with parentification and with specific relational attitudes toward their adult offspring. We examined whether parentification, sense of relational entitlement, pathological concern, and authenticity in relationships mediated the association between family background and well-being. A total of 329 participants (60% SGHSs; 19% men) completed questionnaires tapping retrospective accounts of parentification during childhood, inflated and restricted senses of entitlement, pathological concern, relational authenticity, and subjective well-being. Aging SGHSs reported higher levels of parentification, inflated sense of entitlement toward offspring, pathological concern, lower levels of authenticity, and subjective well-being. The association between family background and subjective well-being was mediated by parentification, inflated sense of relational entitlement, pathological concern, and authenticity. Findings suggest that especially for aging SGHSs, childhood parentification takes a heavy toll on their sense of well-being via the hindering of a balanced sense of relational entitlement and concern and the authentic expression of self.

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Narcissism and Concern: The Relationship of Self-Object Needs and Narcissistic Symptoms With Healthy and Pathological Concern

Cited by 10 publications

References 16 publications

Interparental conflict and relational attitudes within romantic relationships: The mediating role of attachment orientations

Interparental conflict and relational attitudes within romantic relationships: The mediating role of attachment orientations

Supporting dementia family carers in balancing compassion for others with compassion for self.

Aging second-generation Holocaust survivors and well-being: The mediating role of relational attitudes

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