The Role of Mother-Son Incest in The Pathogenesis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

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ID8335935
AuthorsGlen O Gabbard (Dr. Gabbard's address: The Menninger Clinic P.O. Box 829 Topeka, KS 66601–0829), Stuart W Twemlow (Dr. Gabbard's address: The Menninger Clinic P.O. Box 829 Topeka, KS 66601–0829)
Year1994
Volume42
Issue1
Pages171-189
Publication date1994-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306519404200109
PMID8182244
OpenAlexW2126432307
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited7

Psychoanalytic case material is presented to illustrate how mother-son incest may be involved in the pathogenesis of a particular subtype of narcissistic personality disorder. Male patients with this disorder have a grandiose view of themselves as entitled to occupy a special position with others, combined with a paranoid tendency to anticipate imminent betrayal. The enormous guilt related to perceived oedipal transgressions leads these patients to fear retaliation from an enraged, vindictive, and castrating father at any moment. In addition, these men often feel that their special role vis-à-vis mother is a precarious one contingent on doing her bidding. Hence, they also live in dread of an impending disaster involving either abandonment or humiliation by their mothers

Abandonment (legal) · Antisocial personality disorder · Betrayal · Humiliation · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Narcissism · Narcissistic personality disorder · Oedipus complex · Personality · Personality disorders · Poison control · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sadistic personality disorder · Medicine · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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