Citation

Fossati A, Somma A, Pincus A, Borroni S, Dowgwillo EA. J. Personal. Disord. 2016; 31(3): 325-345.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Guilford Publications)

DOI

10.1521/pedi_2016_30_255

PMID

27322580

Abstract

The Italian translations of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) and Triarchic Psychopathy Measure (TriPM) were administered to 609 community dwelling adults. Participants who scored in the upper 10% of the distribution of the PNI total score were assigned to the group of participants at risk for pathological narcissism, whereas participants who scored in the upper 10% of the distribution of the TriPM total score were assigned to the group of participants at risk for psychopathy. The final sample included 126 participants who were administered the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) and emotion-eliciting movie clips. Participants at risk for pathological narcissism scored significantly lower on the RMET total score than participants who were not at risk for pathological narcissism. Participants at risk for psychopathy showed a significant reduction in the subjective experience of disgust, fear, sadness, and tenderness compared to participants who were not at risk for psychopathy.

Language: en