@article{ref1,
title="Hypomanic symptoms predict an increase in narcissistic and histrionic personality disorder features in suicidal young adults",
journal="Depression and anxiety",
year="2008",
author="Shahar, Golan and Scotti, Margaret-Ann and Rudd, Michael David and Joiner, Thomas E.",
volume="25",
number="10",
pages="892-898",
abstract="Consistent with the &quot;scar hypothesis&quot;, according to which mood depression might impact personality, we examined the effect of unipolar and hypomanic mood disturbances on cluster B (i.e., narcissistic, histrionic, and borderline) personality disorder features. Data from 113 suicidal young adults were utilized, and cross-lagged associations between unipolar and hypomanic mood disturbances and cluster B personality disorder features were examined using manifest-variable structural equation modeling (SEM). Hypomanic symptoms predicted an increase in narcissistic and histrionic personality disorder features over the Time 1-Time 2 period, as well as an increase in narcissistic personality disorder features over the Time 1-Time 3 period. Unipolar depressive symptoms and borderline features were reciprocally and longitudinally associated, albeit at different time periods. The sample distinct features restrict generalization of the findings. An exclusive use of self-report measures might have contributed to shared method variance. Results are consistent with the notion that hypomanic symptoms increase narcissistic personality disorder tendencies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1091-4269",
doi="10.1002/da.20363",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.20363"
}