Citation

Joiner TE, Petty S, Perez M, Sachs-Ericsson NJ, Rudd MD. Psychiatry Res. 2008; 159(1-2): 237-244.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA. joiner@psy.fsu.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2007.05.009

PMID

18423618

Abstract

Based on clinical experience, anecdotal reports, and past empirical and conceptual work, we predicted that when people with narcissistic tendencies experience depressive symptoms, they are prone to develop paranoid attitudes. Moreover, we expected that this process was unidirectional, and that the combination of paranoid tendencies and depressive symptoms would not be associated with an increase in narcissistic symptoms. In both cases, results from our 6-month longitudinal study of 71 previously suicidal adults conformed to our expectations.

Language: en