Npd - Impulse Disord

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Something I saved to file last month --
Reported in the press in mid-July 2006

Narcissism remains one of the great puzzles of psychology. Researchers have repeatedly confirmed that narcissists seem driven to act in ways that undermine the success they desperately crave.

Now psychologists Simine Vazire of the University of Texas and David C. Funder of the University of California at Riverside think they know why. "They lack the self-control necessary to inhibit the behaviors that thwart the attainment of their goals," they argue in the latest issue (July 2006)of Personality and Social Psychology Review.

Vazire and Funder reviewed data collected in 23 studies and saw something that other researchers hadn't fully appreciated: In all but two of the studies, impulsivity was closely correlated with narcissism.

That's why narcissists tend to be violent and lash out at real or imagined insults, typically one of the key blocks to achieving personal success: "They are simply overcome by impulses that they fail to contain."

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» samvak - Psychology Research on Ns

In response to Psychology Research on Ns posted by sillysap:

Thanks for posting this - but ...

This is very (and I mean very) old news. Numerous scholars have written extensively about the close association between impulsivity, self-destructive and self-defeating behaviors, and pathological narcissism.

Sam

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