title: Pathological narcissism and somatic symptoms among men and women attending an outpatient mental health clinic.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between types of pathological narcissism and somatic symptoms among psychiatric outpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients (N = 95) completed measures of somatic symptoms, narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability, and psychiatric symptoms. Relationships among variables were analysed using t-tests and correlations, controlling for psychiatric distress.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Somatic symptoms were positively associated with two types of narcissistic dysfunction. Among women there was a positive association between somatic symptoms and narcissistic vulnerability, but not grandiosity. Among men, somatic symptoms were positively associated with narcissistic grandiosity, but not vulnerability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The connection between narcissistic pathology and somatic symptom severity appears to differ based on gender. Further research is needed to confirm and extend this preliminary finding.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada ;
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kealy
authors.affiliation: b Surrey Mental Health & Substance Use Services , Fraser Health Authority , Surrey , Canada.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada ;
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ogrodniczuk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009289:Narcissism; D010045:Outpatients; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Gender; narcissism; narcissistic grandiosity; narcissistic vulnerability; somatic symptoms