Pathological Narcissism in Adolescents: Relationships with Childhood Maltreatment and Internalizing and Externalizing Difficulties

Ensink, Karin; Chrétien, Simon; Normandin, Lina; Bégin, Michaël; Daigle, Deanne; Fonagy, Peter

doi:10.2174/2210676608666180119165731

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“…Although this approach is supported by previous work in this area (Alexander, 2011; Martinez-Torteya et al, 2014), it decreases the ability to generalize our findings. Indeed, previous findings suggest that childhood abuse is related to both types of narcissism in females, while childhood abuse is not related to either of the types in males (Ensink et al, 2018). In addition to gender, the current sample might have some special characteristics such as the military service mandatory for all Israeli including women, religion-related aspects of education, or the high percentage of individuals living in urban areas that might further limit the generalizability of the present findings to other populations.…”

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Childhood Maltreatment and Narcissism: The Mediating Role of Dissociation

Bertele

Talmon

Gross

2020

J Interpers Violence

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Childhood maltreatment (CM) is thought to be linked to adult narcissistic traits. However, it remains unclear how CM is associated with each type of narcissism, vulnerable and grandiose, and what mechanism mediates these links. One potential candidate is dissociation. This study examines the relations among CM, dissociation, vulnerable narcissism, and grandiose narcissism. A total of 322 women completed self-reported questionnaires assessing CM, dissociation, vulnerable narcissism, and grandiose narcissism. To examine the relations among CM, dissociation, and each type of narcissism, we performed Pearson’s correlations and mediation analyses. In secondary analyses, we conducted latent class analyses to classify different types of CM and to assess their relations with the study variables. We found small to moderate correlations between CM and vulnerable narcissism, ( r = .35, p < .001) and CM and grandiose narcissism ( r = .2, p < .001), with the former association being greater than the latter ( z = –3.25, p < .001). Dissociation was found to mediate the link between CM and each type of narcissism ( p < .001). Results suggest that CM may play a role in the etiology of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism, and that dissociation links CM to each type of narcissism. Findings highlight that CM may lead to different responses in terms of narcissism—through the same mediation process.

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Childhood Maltreatment and Narcissism: The Mediating Role of Dissociation

Bertele

Talmon

Gross

2020

J Interpers Violence

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“…For example, in a sample of college students, Ménard and Pincus (2014) reported a nonsignificant correlation between child physical abuse and vulnerable narcissism in female students. However, in a community sample of females aged 14 to 21 years old, Ensink et al (2017) found a moderate and significant positive association between child maltreatment and vulnerable narcissism. Similar patterns are observed on the association between child maltreatment victimization and grandiose narcissism.…”

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“…Of particular interest to the current study is the finding that child maltreatment predicts adult narcissistic traits (Talmon & Ginzburg, 2019). Although a growing body of research has investigated the association between child maltreatment victimization and narcissism (e.g., Bertele et al, 2022; Ensink et al, 2017; Keene & Epps, 2016), research findings varied considerably across studies, suggesting a need to synthesize the findings to obtain a better insight into this association. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to conduct such a quantitative synthesis.…”

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The Association Between Child Maltreatment and Pathological Narcissism: A Three-Level Meta-Analytic Review

Gao

Assink

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Emerging evidence has documented the positive association between child maltreatment and both phenotypes of pathological narcissism (i.e., vulnerable and grandiose narcissism). However, results across these studies are inconsistent. Therefore, the present meta-analysis aimed to examine the extent to which child maltreatment is associated with vulnerable and grandiose narcissism, and whether these associations differed by study or sample characteristics. A systematic literature review was conducted in Web of Science, ScienceDirect, PubMed, Google Scholar, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure. Three-level meta-analyses were performed in R to synthesize the effect sizes. A total of 15 studies ( N = 9,141 participants) producing 129 effect sizes were included. Results showed that child maltreatment was positively related to both vulnerable narcissism (mean r = .198; p < .001) and grandiose narcissism (mean r = .087; p < .001), but only to a small extent. Further, the association between child maltreatment and vulnerable narcissism was stronger for neglect ( r = .278) than for physical abuse ( r = .130). The strength of the association between child maltreatment and grandiose narcissism was larger for samples that were on average younger than 18 years ( r = .187) than for samples that were on average older than 18 years ( r = .068). Also, the strength of the association was stronger for females than for males. Child maltreatment is a risk factor for developing both vulnerable and grandiose narcissism. Interventions targeting pathological narcissism should be aware of potential trauma resulting from victimization of child maltreatment.

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“…Findings for parental care and childhood maltreatment in relation to narcissism have been mixed in previous studies (see e.g. [25,27,29,[74][75][76]). The role of care and childhood maltreatment may therefore be more nuanced.…”

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Narcissistic traits in young people: understanding the role of parenting and maltreatment

Schie

Jarman²,

Huxley

et al. 2020

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Background: Elevated narcissism in young people often sets up a cascade of interpersonal and mental health challenges, reinforcing the need to understand its concomitants. Experiences of maltreatment and different parenting styles have been implicated but findings to date are inconclusive. By simultaneously considering multiple remembered parenting styles and maltreatment in a large sample, this study aims to elucidate possible prognostic factors associated with both grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic traits in youth. Methods: Young people (N = 328, age range: 17-25 years) reported on the remembered interpersonal environment and current grandiose and vulnerable narcissism traits. Structural equation modelling was used to examine maternal and paternal parenting styles and examine the association between experiences of parenting and grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. Results: Remembered overprotection from mothers and fathers was associated with both vulnerable and grandiose narcissistic traits. Remembered maternal overvaluation related to current grandiosity, and maternal leniency related to vulnerable narcissistic traits. For paternal parenting, the combination of overvaluation and leniency and overvaluation and care explained grandiose and vulnerable traits. There was no direct effect of remembered parental care or childhood maltreatment on current levels of narcissistic traits. Conclusions: Remembered childhood experiences of being overprotected, overvalued and experiencing leniency in parental discipline, were associated with higher traits of pathological narcissism in young people. Care and maltreatment were non-specific risk factors. Remembered childhood environments of being excessively pampered are associated with grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic traits, characterised by the young person expressing unrealistic self-views, entitlement beliefs and impaired autonomy. In treatment these traits may emerge in the patient-therapist relationship and working through their developmental origins may contribute to outcomes.

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Pathological Narcissism in Adolescents: Relationships with Childhood Maltreatment and Internalizing and Externalizing Difficulties

Cited by 13 publications

References 39 publications

Childhood Maltreatment and Narcissism: The Mediating Role of Dissociation

Childhood Maltreatment and Narcissism: The Mediating Role of Dissociation

The Association Between Child Maltreatment and Pathological Narcissism: A Three-Level Meta-Analytic Review

Narcissistic traits in young people: understanding the role of parenting and maltreatment

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