Differentiating Community Dwellers at Risk for Pathological Narcissism From Community Dwellers at Risk for Psychopathy Using Measures of Emotion Recognition and Subjective Emotional Activation.
The Italian translations of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) were administered to 609 community dwelling adults. Participants who scored in the upper 10% of the distribution of the PNI total score were assigned to the group of participants at risk for pathological narcissism, whereas participants who scored in the upper 10% of the distribution of the TriPM total score were assigned to the group of participants at risk for psychopathy. The final sample included 126 participants who were administered the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and emotion-eliciting movie clips. Participants at risk for pathological narcissism scored significantly lower on the RMET total score than participants who were not at risk for pathological narcissism. Participants at risk for psychopathy showed a significant reduction in the subjective experience of disgust, fear, sadness, and tenderness compared to participants who were not at risk for psychopathy.
Department of Human Studies, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy, and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Andrea
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Fossati
Department of Human Studies, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy, and San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Antonella
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Somma
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Aaron
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Pincus
Faculty of Psychology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
Serena
S
Borroni
Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Emily A
EA
Dowgwillo
D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011599:Psychopathology / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results