Editors: Avi Besser (Center for Research in Personality, Life Transitions, and Stressful Life Events, Sapir Academic College, Israel)
Book Description:
This is an edited collection of work by a distinguished set of international experts that presents a broad overview of psychological research on narcissism from diverse perspectives, including the clinical, social and personality, industrial/organizational, cognitive/social cognition, and biological/physiological point of views. The chapters are clustered into three sections focusing on intrapersonal (Chapters 1–10), interpersonal (Chapters 11–18), and clinical (Chapters 19–23) aspects of narcissism. Together, the chapters provide a comprehensive overview of one of the most popular topics in psychology. The individual chapters present in-depth reviews of particular issues such as the role of narcissism in individual responses to exposure to traumatic events, interpersonal romantic rejection, and achievement failure. A number of further topics are covered in this book, including:
• How narcissistic individuals react to threatening situations
• Whether narcissism is a personality disorder or a cultural phenomenon
• The relationships between narcissism and self-worth, perfectionism, humor, empathy, and identity
• The role of narcissism in parenting
• The relationship between narcissism and eating disorders
• The role of narcissism in the workplace
• Cognitive, clinical, industrial-organizational (I-O), social and personality, psychological, and behavioral correlates of narcissism.
This collection will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students of social psychology. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents:
Preface pp.xi-xx
Part I - Intrapersonal Aspects of Narcissism pp.1-2
Chapter 1. Do Narcissists Really Love Themselves As Much As It Seems? The Psychodynamic Mask Model of Narcissistic Self-Worth
(Ashton C. Southard, Amy Noser, and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Department of Psychology, Oakland University)pp.3-22
Chapter 2. Tales of Glory: The Narcissistic Ideal As a Defense Against Being Forgotten
(Robert Waska, Private Practice in San Francisco and Marin County, California and Member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, CA, US)pp.23-42
Chapter 3. Understanding the Narcissistic Perfectionists Among Us: Grandiosity, Vulnerability, and the Quest for the Perfect Self (Gordon L. Flett, Simon S. Sherry, Paul L. Hewitt and Taryn Nepon, York University and others)pp.43-66
Chapter 4. Narcissism and Heroism: A Rendezvous?
(Shai Itamar and Golan Shahar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)pp.67-78
Chapter 5. Bodies and Men: Vicissitudes of the Masculine in Man (Stefano Monzani, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Office Médico-Pédagogique de Genève (Dir: Prof. S. Eliez), Geneva, Switzerland)pp.79-104
Chapter 6. Narcissism in the Third Millennium: Personality Disorder or Cultural Phenomenon?
(Gidi Rubinstein, School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Israel)pp.105-124
Chapter 7. Narcissism and Objectality: Contributions, Clinical Implications, and Links Between the Models of Sidney Blatt and Heinz Kohut
(Rui C. Campos and Isabel Mesquita, University of Évora, Portugal)pp.125-152
Chapter 8. Integrating Trait- and Process-Based Conceptualizations of Pathological Narcissism in theDSM-5 Era
(Aidan G. C. Wright, University of Pittsburgh, PA, US)pp.153-174
Chapter 9. Physiological and Health-Related Correlates of the Narcissistic Personality
(Sara Konrath and John Paul Bonadonna, Institute for Social Research and Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, MI, US)pp.175-214
Chapter 10. Narcissistic Grandiose Self: Its Defensive Function Against Depressive Mood and the Damage It Causes in the Context of Negative Interpersonal Life Events
(Masayo Uji, Takagishi Yukihiro, Keiichiro Adachi and Toshinori Kitamura, Department of Bioethics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Life Sciences; Department of Human Psychology, Kansai University of International Studies; Department of Psychology, Kobe Shoin Women's University, and Kitamura Mental Health Institute, Tokyo, Japan)pp.215-226
Part II - Interpersonal Aspects of Narcissism pp.227-228
Chapter 11. Perceptions of Everyday Deceptions: Individual Differences in Narcissism and Psychopathy Associated With Black and White Untruths
(Chelsea Rose and Marc Stewart Wilson, Victoria University, Wellington)pp.229-248
Chapter 12. Narcissism on Social Networks
(Rémy Potier, Department of Psychoanalysis Studies, Research Center Psychoanalysis, Medicine and Society, Paris Diderot University, France)pp.249-258
Chapter 13. Paternal Narcissism: Fathering Very Young Children As Compared to Fathering Adolescents
(Ricky Finzi-Dottan and Orna Cohen, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University and Child & Adolescence Outpatient Clinic, Geha Mental Health Center, and School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
pp.259-248
Chapter 14. Narcissism in Teams
(Esther Unger-Aviram, Department of Managing Human Resources, Sapir Academic College, Israel)pp.281-296
Chapter 15. The Implications of Adolescent Narcissism for Interpersonal Relationships
(Rebecca L. Kauten, Christopher T. Barry and Marion T. Wallace, The University of Southern Mississippi and others)pp.297-314
Chapter 16. Not Such a Funny Thing: When Humor Meets Narcissism
(Liat Itzhaky, Avi Besser and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel and others)pp.315-332
Chapter 17. Associations between Narcissism, Empathy, Personality, and Imagined Interactions
(James M. Honeycutt, Michelle E. Pence and Christopher G. Gearhart,
Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University, LA, US and others)pp.333-346
Chapter 18. Theory of Mind in Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism
(Chinmay Aradhye and Jennifer Vonk, Department of Psychology, Oakland University)pp.347-362
Part III – Clinical Aspects of Narcissism pp.363-364
Chapter 19. Alexithymia and Empathy in Adolescents with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
(Daniel Serrani, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina)pp.365-378
Chapter 20. Dependency, Self-Critical Perfectionism, Narcissism, and Sensitivity to Ostracism Among Male Adolescent Offenders with Severe Conduct Disorder: A Cyberball Study
(Patrick Luyten, Michael Crowley, Sabine Janssen and Linda Mayes, University of Leuven, Belgium, and University College, London and others)pp.379-398
Chapter 21. Narcissism and Psychological Distress among Civilians Exposed to War Trauma
(Michael Weinberg, Avi Besser, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Aaron L. Pincus and Yuval Neria, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel and others)pp.399-416
Chapter 22. Normal Narcissism As a Buffer Against the Development of Eating Disorders and PTSD: Two Prospective Studies
(Eytan Bachar, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)pp.417-428
Chapter 23. Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism Under Threat: Disparities and Similarities
(Orr Spivak. Avi Besser and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College, Israel and others)pp.429-454
Index pp.457-475
Book Description:
This is an edited collection of work by a distinguished set of international experts that presents a broad overview of psychological research on narcissism from diverse perspectives, including the clinical, social and personality, industrial/organizational, cognitive/social cognition, and biological/physiological point of views. The chapters are clustered into three sections focusing on intrapersonal (Chapters 1–10), interpersonal (Chapters 11–18), and clinical (Chapters 19–23) aspects of narcissism. Together, the chapters provide a comprehensive overview of one of the most popular topics in psychology. The individual chapters present in-depth reviews of particular issues such as the role of narcissism in individual responses to exposure to traumatic events, interpersonal romantic rejection, and achievement failure. A number of further topics are covered in this book, including:
• How narcissistic individuals react to threatening situations
• Whether narcissism is a personality disorder or a cultural phenomenon
• The relationships between narcissism and self-worth, perfectionism, humor, empathy, and identity
• The role of narcissism in parenting
• The relationship between narcissism and eating disorders
• The role of narcissism in the workplace
• Cognitive, clinical, industrial-organizational (I-O), social and personality, psychological, and behavioral correlates of narcissism.
This collection will be of great interest to researchers and practitioners, as well as graduate and advanced undergraduate students of social psychology. (Imprint: Nova)
Table of Contents:
Preface pp.xi-xx
Part I - Intrapersonal Aspects of Narcissism pp.1-2
Chapter 1. Do Narcissists Really Love Themselves As Much As It Seems? The Psychodynamic Mask Model of Narcissistic Self-Worth
(Ashton C. Southard, Amy Noser, and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Department of Psychology, Oakland University)pp.3-22
Chapter 2. Tales of Glory: The Narcissistic Ideal As a Defense Against Being Forgotten
(Robert Waska, Private Practice in San Francisco and Marin County, California and Member of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, CA, US)pp.23-42
Chapter 3. Understanding the Narcissistic Perfectionists Among Us: Grandiosity, Vulnerability, and the Quest for the Perfect Self (Gordon L. Flett, Simon S. Sherry, Paul L. Hewitt and Taryn Nepon, York University and others)pp.43-66
Chapter 4. Narcissism and Heroism: A Rendezvous?
(Shai Itamar and Golan Shahar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)pp.67-78
Chapter 5. Bodies and Men: Vicissitudes of the Masculine in Man (Stefano Monzani, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, Office Médico-Pédagogique de Genève (Dir: Prof. S. Eliez), Geneva, Switzerland)pp.79-104
Chapter 6. Narcissism in the Third Millennium: Personality Disorder or Cultural Phenomenon?
(Gidi Rubinstein, School of Behavioral Sciences, Netanya Academic College, Israel)pp.105-124
Chapter 7. Narcissism and Objectality: Contributions, Clinical Implications, and Links Between the Models of Sidney Blatt and Heinz Kohut
(Rui C. Campos and Isabel Mesquita, University of Évora, Portugal)pp.125-152
Chapter 8. Integrating Trait- and Process-Based Conceptualizations of Pathological Narcissism in theDSM-5 Era
(Aidan G. C. Wright, University of Pittsburgh, PA, US)pp.153-174
Chapter 9. Physiological and Health-Related Correlates of the Narcissistic Personality
(Sara Konrath and John Paul Bonadonna, Institute for Social Research and Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, MI, US)pp.175-214
Chapter 10. Narcissistic Grandiose Self: Its Defensive Function Against Depressive Mood and the Damage It Causes in the Context of Negative Interpersonal Life Events
(Masayo Uji, Takagishi Yukihiro, Keiichiro Adachi and Toshinori Kitamura, Department of Bioethics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Life Sciences; Department of Human Psychology, Kansai University of International Studies; Department of Psychology, Kobe Shoin Women's University, and Kitamura Mental Health Institute, Tokyo, Japan)pp.215-226
Part II - Interpersonal Aspects of Narcissism pp.227-228
Chapter 11. Perceptions of Everyday Deceptions: Individual Differences in Narcissism and Psychopathy Associated With Black and White Untruths
(Chelsea Rose and Marc Stewart Wilson, Victoria University, Wellington)pp.229-248
Chapter 12. Narcissism on Social Networks
(Rémy Potier, Department of Psychoanalysis Studies, Research Center Psychoanalysis, Medicine and Society, Paris Diderot University, France)pp.249-258
Chapter 13. Paternal Narcissism: Fathering Very Young Children As Compared to Fathering Adolescents
(Ricky Finzi-Dottan and Orna Cohen, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University and Child & Adolescence Outpatient Clinic, Geha Mental Health Center, and School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
pp.259-248
Chapter 14. Narcissism in Teams
(Esther Unger-Aviram, Department of Managing Human Resources, Sapir Academic College, Israel)pp.281-296
Chapter 15. The Implications of Adolescent Narcissism for Interpersonal Relationships
(Rebecca L. Kauten, Christopher T. Barry and Marion T. Wallace, The University of Southern Mississippi and others)pp.297-314
Chapter 16. Not Such a Funny Thing: When Humor Meets Narcissism
(Liat Itzhaky, Avi Besser and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel and others)pp.315-332
Chapter 17. Associations between Narcissism, Empathy, Personality, and Imagined Interactions
(James M. Honeycutt, Michelle E. Pence and Christopher G. Gearhart,
Department of Communication Studies, Louisiana State University, LA, US and others)pp.333-346
Chapter 18. Theory of Mind in Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism
(Chinmay Aradhye and Jennifer Vonk, Department of Psychology, Oakland University)pp.347-362
Part III – Clinical Aspects of Narcissism pp.363-364
Chapter 19. Alexithymia and Empathy in Adolescents with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
(Daniel Serrani, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina)pp.365-378
Chapter 20. Dependency, Self-Critical Perfectionism, Narcissism, and Sensitivity to Ostracism Among Male Adolescent Offenders with Severe Conduct Disorder: A Cyberball Study
(Patrick Luyten, Michael Crowley, Sabine Janssen and Linda Mayes, University of Leuven, Belgium, and University College, London and others)pp.379-398
Chapter 21. Narcissism and Psychological Distress among Civilians Exposed to War Trauma
(Michael Weinberg, Avi Besser, Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Aaron L. Pincus and Yuval Neria, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel and others)pp.399-416
Chapter 22. Normal Narcissism As a Buffer Against the Development of Eating Disorders and PTSD: Two Prospective Studies
(Eytan Bachar, Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)pp.417-428
Chapter 23. Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism Under Threat: Disparities and Similarities
(Orr Spivak. Avi Besser and Virgil Zeigler-Hill, School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College, Israel and others)pp.429-454
Index pp.457-475
