Influence of Childhood Maltreatment on Narcissism

= 306) using a Bayesian approach to structural equation modeling. Results suggest that for women, physical abuse was positively associated with grandiose narcissism, and that physical neglect was positively associated with vulnerable narcissism over and above other traumatic experiences. For men, there were no positive associations between maltreatment or other traumatic experiences and narcissism. Study findings clarify the role of childhood maltreatment on narcissism and have potential implications for the treatment of narcissistic pathology.