Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- 9 Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9a Conceptual and Methodological Reflections on Schizotypy, Schizotypic Psychopathology, Cluster A Disorders, and Schizophrenia: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9b Improved Operationalization and Measurement Are Central to the Future of Cluster A Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9c Cluster A Heterogeneity: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 10 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10a Further Reflections on Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10b Integrating Neuroscience and Psychotherapy: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10c The Promise of Applying a Developmental Psychopathology Framework to the Etiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 11 An Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11a What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Psychopathy? Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11b Issues of Emphasis in the Triarchic Psychopathy Model: Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11c An Agreeable Response to Questions and Criticisms: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 12 Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12a A Call for Scientific Caution: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12b Beyond Nucleus Diagnostic Conceptualizations: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12c Clinical Personality Science of Narcissism Should Include the Clinic: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 13 Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13a Epidemiological, Factor-Analytic, and Cognitive Factors in the Position of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder among the Cluster C Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13b Examining Cluster C Personality Pathology Using an Interpersonal Lens: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13c Processes, Mechanisms, and Progress: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
12a - A Call for Scientific Caution: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
from Part III - Individual Disorders and Clusters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Etiology
- Part II Models
- Part III Individual Disorders and Clusters
- 9 Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9a Conceptual and Methodological Reflections on Schizotypy, Schizotypic Psychopathology, Cluster A Disorders, and Schizophrenia: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9b Improved Operationalization and Measurement Are Central to the Future of Cluster A Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 9c Cluster A Heterogeneity: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster A Personality Disorders
- 10 Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10a Further Reflections on Assessment, Etiology, and Treatment: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10b Integrating Neuroscience and Psychotherapy: Commentary on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 10c The Promise of Applying a Developmental Psychopathology Framework to the Etiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Borderline Personality Disorder
- 11 An Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11a What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Psychopathy? Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11b Issues of Emphasis in the Triarchic Psychopathy Model: Commentary on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 11c An Agreeable Response to Questions and Criticisms: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on an Integrative Biobehavioral Trait Perspective on Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
- 12 Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12a A Call for Scientific Caution: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12b Beyond Nucleus Diagnostic Conceptualizations: Commentary on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 12c Clinical Personality Science of Narcissism Should Include the Clinic: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Narcissistic and Histrionic Personality Disorders
- 13 Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13a Epidemiological, Factor-Analytic, and Cognitive Factors in the Position of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder among the Cluster C Personality Disorders: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13b Examining Cluster C Personality Pathology Using an Interpersonal Lens: Commentary on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- 13c Processes, Mechanisms, and Progress: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Cluster C Anxious-Fearful Personality Pathology and Avoidance
- Part IV Assessment
- Part V Treatment
- Index
- References
Summary
Although Dawood, Wu, Bliton, and Pincus (this volume) generally describe narcissistic personality pathology, and NPD in particular, in a reasonable and thoughtful way that aligns with our own perspective, the authors’ treatment of narcissism as a largely monolithic and unified construct contributes towards obscuring three important and longstanding methodological issues in the literature. First, variability in the measurement of NPD makes conclusions about the functioning of NPD, broadly defined, vulnerable to error. Second, variability in vulnerable content contained in measures of NPD is likely to be exerting a biasing effect on the strength of internalizing correlates of NPD (e.g., suicidality). Third, the prevalence of small samples containing high levels of vulnerable features may bias researchers toward stronger relations between NPD and internalizing correlates. Overall, the authors urge researchers to empirically resolve disagreements about the structure and process of narcissistic personality pathology in order to move the field towards more precise definition and measurement, and greater scientific confidence in conclusions related to narcissism’s nomological network.
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