narcissistic

(adjective)

Obsessed with one's own self-image and ego.

Examples of narcissistic in the following topics:

  • Styles of Leadership

    • Narcissistic leadership is a common form of leadership.
    • To critics, narcissistic leadership (especially destructive) is driven by unyielding arrogance, self-absorption, and a personal egotistic need for power and admiration.
    • A study published in the journal, Personality and Social PsychologyBulletin, suggests that when a group is without a leader, a narcissist often takes charge; researchers found that people who score high in narcissism tend to take control of leaderless groups.
    • Freud considered "the narcissistic type... especially suited to act as a support for others, to take on the role of leaders and to... impress others as being 'personalities'. "
  • Cluster B: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders

    • Cluster B disorders include antisocial personality disorder, histrionic personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
    • Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder in which a person is excessively preoccupied with personal adequacy, power, prestige, and vanity, and is mentally unable to see the destructive damage they are causing to themselves and others.
  • Psychological Approaches to the Self

    • Heinz Kohut, an American psychologist, theorized a bipolar self that was comprised of two systems of narcissistic perfection, one of which contained ambitions and the other of which contained ideals.
    • Kohut called the pole of ambitions the narcissistic self (later called the grandiose self).
  • Introduction to Personality Disorders

    • Narcissistic personality disorder: A pervasive pattern of grandiosity, need for admiration, and a lack of empathy.
  • Parenthood

    • Narcissistic Parenting: parents are driven by their own needs; their children are an extension of their own identity; use their children to live out their dreams
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