title: Narcissism and its discontents.
abstract: Comments on the original article by Paris (see record 2012-18549-001) on the topic of narcissism and modernity. It is a wide-ranging, ambitious, and, at times, provocative discussion of issues related to putative cultural influences on the etiology, development, and exacerbation of narcissism. Among the most important issues raised by Paris is the need for well-conducted longitudinal research on the development of narcissism so that the etiological mechanisms underlying this oftentimes-deleterious condition might be uncovered. However, there are a number of ongoing debates in the literature that make much of his proposal premature. This commentary addresses a few of these debate issues.
authors.affiliation: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Aidan G C
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012922:Social Change; D012931:Social Environment