Psychopathology of social life: The psychopathic and narcissistic personality as the symptom of social psychopathology

• Authors: Wenta, Anna , Łątkowska, Natalia

Abstracts

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We are living in narcissistic culture, with individualistic attitudes towards each other, wherethe measure of success is your own prosperity. We pay less attention to moral values – what matters is the result. Narcissistic individuals know how to win, because it constitutes theirhappiness and well-being. The aim of this study was to examine how narcissistic personalitydisorder is connected to the concept of psychopathy. In the first stage, the sample consistedof 2228 participants, then the group of 194 participants with the highest level of narcissismemerged. The tools, measuring the level of fear, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, telling lies,using defensive styles or feelings connected with shame and anger, were used. It was noticed,according to O. Kernberg theory, that psychopathy could be treated as a type of aggressivenarcissism with low-level of character organization. Narcissistic individuals with low-levelof psychopathy feel low-level of fear and are recognized as emotionally stable. Impulsive,highly-psychopathic, narcissistic individuals are rather neurotic and use immature defensivestyles, which could be recognized as low organization of character. Narcissistic and psychopathicpersonalities, as a sign of social pathology have an impact on society, which nowadayspromote highly psychopathic and narcissistic values.

Keywords

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narcyzm; psychopatia; patologia społeczna; antyspołeczne zaburzenie osobowości; makiawelizm

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Miscellanea Anthropologica et Sociologica
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 18(1)
• Pages: 175-194

Dates

published

2017-08-28

Contributors

author

Wenta, Anna

author

Łątkowska, Natalia