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Covert narcissism is related to higher Personal Distress and Fantasy scores.
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The correlation of r = 0.20 reported here for the subsample of the top 10% in the NPI distribution is of comparable magnitude to full-scale correlations occasionally obtained in other studies.
“It also has to be noted that the correlation of r = 0.20 reported here for the subsample of the top 10% in the NPI distribution is of comparable magnitude to full-scale correlations occasionally obtained in other studies (e.g., Given-Wilson et al., 2011; Zajenowski et al., 2016).”
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Grandiose narcissism/NPD is associated with poor ability to understand one's own mental states and the mental states of others.
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- Given-Wilson, Z., McIlwain, D., & Warburton, W.
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- Macquarie University (AU)
- ORCID
- Warburton, Wayne
- Venue
- Personality and Individual Differences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-05
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1000-1005
- ISSN
- 0191-8869 (ISSN-L)
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- W2105755827
- Cited by
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- 3.45
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Locations
- Personality and Individual Differences (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, metacognition, affect dysregulation, empathy, identity concerns, interpersonal problems, personal distress, intrusiveness, dominance, social inhibition, vindictiveness, coldness, mediation
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