title: Vulnerable narcissism: commentary for the special series "Narcissistic personality disorder--new perspectives on diagnosis and treatment".
abstract: Comments on the articles by A. E. Skodol et al. (see record 2013-24395-001), E. Ronningstam (see record 2014-42878-005), D. Diamond et al. (see record 2014-42878-004), and A. L. Pincus et al. (see record 2014-01439-001). The tie that binds these four articles together is the respective authors' emphasis on the vulnerability- emotional, self-esteem/ego, interpersonal- that they consider to be central to pathological narcissism. The current authors agree that it is important that the field acknowledge both grandiose and vulnerable aspects of narcissism (e.g., Miller & Campbell, 2008), but they wonder whether the pendulum is now swinging too far back in the direction of vulnerability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
authors.forename: Joshua D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Widiger
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
authors.forename: W Keith
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009289:Narcissism; D009769:Object Attachment; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012927:Social Control, Informal; D056345:Theory of Mind