narcissistic

Examples of narcissistic in the following topics:

• Styles of Leadership

  • Narcissistic leadership is a common form of leadership.
  • To critics, narcissistic leadership (especially destructive) is driven by unyielding arrogance, self-absorption, and a personal egotistic need for power and admiration.
  • A study published in the journal, Personality and Social PsychologyBulletin, suggests that when a group is without a leader, a narcissist often takes charge; researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups.
  • Freud considered "the narcissistic type... especially suited to act as a support for others, to take on the role of leaders and to... impress others as being 'personalities'. "

• Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

  • Cluster B disorders include antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
  • Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige, and vanity, and is mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and others.

• Psychological Approaches to the Self

  • Heinz Kohut, an American psychologist, theorized a bipolar self that was comprised of two systems of narcissistic perfection, one of which contained ambitions and the other of which contained ideals.
  • Kohut called the pole of ambitions the narcissistic self (later called the grandiose self).

• Introduction to Personality Disorders

  • Narcissistic personality disorder: A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.

• Parenthood

  • Narcissistic Parenting: parents are driven by their own needs; their children are an extension of their own identity; use their children to live out their dreams