Racism, narcissism, and integrity.

Narcissism is associated with weakened frontostriatal connectivity: a DTI study.

Narcissism is characterized by the search for affirmation and admiration from others. Might this motivation to find external sources of acclaim exist to compensate for neurostructural deficits that link the self with reward? Greater structural connectivity between brain areas that process self-relevant stimuli (i.e. the medial prefrontal cortex) and reward (i.e. the ventral striatum) is associa...

Essay : Narcissism and the Interpersonal Self

Interpersonal approaches to the concept of a core self are explored in a review of Narcissism and the Interpersonal Se//(John Fiscalini and Alan Grey, Editors). The role of self as system and self as identity—both the interpersonal, adaptive self and the personal, core self—is used to understand the evolution of the Interpersonal School and its varied approaches to narcissism. A formulation int...

Stigmatization, Discrimination, Racism, Injustice, and Inequalities in the COVID-19 Era

Addressing Environmental Racism Through Storytelling: Toward an Environmental Justice Narrative Framework

This study uses communication, critical race theory (CRT), and storytelling to examine environmental racism and environmental justice efforts. In New Mexico’s Petroglyph National Monument, a conflict emerged when officials moved protected rock carvings to build a road through the park. When creating the monument, stakeholders evoked cultural and environmental protectionism. Yet, proroad campaig...

The mediating role of vulnerable and grandiose narcissism in the relation between attachment styles and impulsivity among university students

Background & Objectives: Considering the effect of transformational factors on individual and social problems and the need to pay more attention to them, the present study was conducted to investigate the relationship between impulsivity and attachment styles mediated by large-scale narcissism and vulnerability. Materials and Methods: The present study was descriptive-correlational. Using mult...