Citation

Dawood S, Schroder HS, Donnellan MB, Pincus AL. J. Personal. Disord. 2018; 32(1): 87-108.

Affiliation

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/pedi_2017_31_291

PMID

28513344

Abstract

Few studies have examined associations between pathological narcissism and self-harm, but those that do indicate that narcissistic vulnerability (not narcissistic grandiosity) relates to self-harm. The current study extends this literature by investigating how facets of pathological narcissism assessed by the Pathological Narcissism Inventory relate to specific nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) behaviors assessed by the Inventory of Statements About Self-Injury using statistical models appropriate for non-normally distributed count data. In a sample of 1,023 undergraduate students, results revealed that facets of both narcissistic vulnerability and narcissistic grandiosity were differentially related to the endorsement and frequency of specific NSSI behaviors and higher-order latent NSSI factors (repetitive and impulsive), even after accounting for levels of borderline pathology. The clinical implications of these results are discussed.

Language: en