When grandiosity and vulnerability collide: Implicit and explicit self-esteem in patients with narcissistic personality disorder

Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-47

  Vater, Aline ^a,c   Ritter, Kathrin ^a,c   Schröder Abé, Michela ^b   Schütz, Astrid ^b   Lammers, Claas Hinrich ^c   Bosson, Jennifer K ^d   Roepke, Stefan ^a,c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Damaged self esteem; Discrepancies; Explicit self esteem; Fragile self esteem; Implicit self esteem; Narcissistic personality disorder

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLICIT SELF ESTEEM; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST; IMPLICIT SELF ESTEEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NARCISSISM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870176338     PISSN: 00057916     EISSN: 18737943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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