Lack of empathy in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 187, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 241-247

  Ritter, Kathrin ^a   Dziobek, Isabel ^b,e   Preißler, Sandra ^a   Rüter, Anke ^a   Vater, Aline ^a   Fydrich, Thomas ^c   Lammers, Claas Hinrich ^d   Heekeren, Hauke R ^b,e   Roepke, Stefan ^a,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Hospital North   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive empathy; Emotional empathy; Mentalizing; Social cognition; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVIE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL COGNITION; MULTIFACETED EMPATHY TEST; NARCISSISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953125298     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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