Psychotherapeutic case formulation: Plan analysis for narcissistic personality disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the relevant case formulation methods for personality difficulties is plan analysis. The present study aimed at delivering a prototypical plan analysis for clients presenting with a diagnosis of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD). The sample consisted of 14 participants diagnosed with an NPD. Based on audio clinical material, we developed 14 individual plan analyses that we then merged into a single prototypical plan analysis. For explorative purposes, we ran an ordinary least squares regression model to predict the narcissistic symptoms severity (NAR) measured on a scale of 1-7 of the 14 clients by the presence (respectively absence) of certain plans in their individual plan analysis. The synthesis revealed that clients with pathological narcissism share com

SUBMITTER: Grandjean L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9285548 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature