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July 26, 2026Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender ProfilingOpen Access

Is Vulnerability More Important Than Grandiosity? Narcissistic Traits in Child‐To‐Parent Violence

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BJBjörn JohnsonLALisa AnderssonRSRobert Svensson

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Overview

Randomized trial examines links between narcissism traits and child-to-parent violence, suggesting emotional vulnerability is key.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore the relationship between grandiose and vulnerable narcissism and child-to-parent violence (CPV) in adolescents.
  • Analyzed a large community sample of Swedish adolescents
  • Utilized gender-stratified logistic regression models
  • Adjusted for individual and family-related factors.
  • Vulnerable narcissism is consistently associated with CPV across all forms, especially in girls
  • Grandiose narcissism shows weak or no association with CPV after adjusting for vulnerability
  • Emotional insecurity linked to vulnerable narcissism may drive CPV behaviors.

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Johnson et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a468d3aea3239cd7709ehttps://doi.org/10.1002/jip.70025
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