| Self- and informant-reported perspectives on symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder. | |
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PMID: 22452774 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Because narcissistic individuals tend to have an inflated view of themselves and their abilities, the reliance on self-reported information in the assessment and diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is problematic. Hence, the use of informants in the assessment of NPD may be necessary. In the current study we examined self- and informant-reported features of NPD using agreement, frequency, and discrepancy analyses. The results indicated that informants tended to report more NPD features than selves, and that there were either low or nonsignificant levels of self-informant agreement among the 9 NPD diagnostic criteria and its categorical diagnosis. Informants were increasingly more likely to report higher raw scores relative to selves, indicating that the discrepancy between self- and informant reports increases with the NPD scale. Informants also reported NPD features that selves often did not, suggesting that current prevalence estimates of NPD, which use only self-reported information, are most likely underestimates. These results highlight the importance of gathering informant-reported data in addition to self-reported data when assessing NPD. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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Luke D Cooper; Steve Balsis; Thomas F Oltmanns |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-23 |
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Title: Personality disorders Volume: - ISSN: 1949-2723 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-3-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101517071 Medline TA: Personal Disord Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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