ArticleJournal of clinical psychology2023
Do highly sensitive persons display hypersensitive narcissism? Similarities and differences in the nomological networks of sensory processing sensitivity and vulnerable narcissism.
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- Advances in research and adaptive expressions of entitlement: a mini review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
- High sensitivity groups with distinct personality patterns: a person-centered perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Do highly sensitive persons display hypersensitive narcissism? Similarities and differences in the nomological networks of sensory processing sensitivity and vulnerable narcissism.Journal of clinical psychology · 2023Article
- On the feeling of being different-an interview study with people who define themselves as highly sensitive.PloS one · 2023Article
- Approaching "highly sensitive person" as a cultural concept of distress: a case-study using the cultural formulation interview in patients with bipolar disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundIndividuals with high sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) ("highly sensitive persons") are thought to be easily excitable and overwhelmed, highly attentive to aesthetic impressions, and particularly sensitive to sensory stimulation. Public discourse suggests that those who describe themselves as highly sensitive see themselves as fundamentally different from others, and view their personality as a gift and a burden. From a clinical personality perspective, high sensitivity could be considered to have substantial overlaps with hypersensitive narcissism, or generally vulnerable narcissism.
methodWe investigated the associations and shared nomological networks between high sensitivity and hypersensitive narcissism in two studies using convenience and representative samples (n
resultsThere is evidence for replicable associations between SPS and hypersensitive (.53 ≤ r ≤ .54) as well as vulnerable narcissism (.44 ≤ r ≤ .54), associations were not attributable to general neuroticism. Nomological networks were similar and pointed to a neurotic-introverted personality profile with reduced personality functioning. Latent class analyses further pointed to substantial and practically relevant person-level covariance.
conclusionSensory processing sensitivity and hypersensitive narcissism are substantially related constructs. For clinicians, this points to the importance of being attentive to narcissistic self-regulatory strategies in individuals presenting as highly sensitive.
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