Pathological narcissism and depressive symptoms in psychiatric outpatients: Mediating role of dysfunctional attitudes

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 341-352

  Marčinko, Darko ^a   Jakšić, Nenad ^a   Ivezić, Ena ^b   Skočić, Milena ^a   Surányi, Zsuzsanna ^c   Lončar, Mladen ^a   Franić, Tomislav ^d   Jakovljević, Miro ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Psychiatric Hospital   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Karoli Gaspar Reformatus Egyetem   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Dependency; Depression; Dysfunctional attitudes; Mediation; Narcissistic grandiosity; Narcissistic vulnerability; Pathological narcissism; Perfectionism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 84897744131     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22033     Document Type: Article

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