Can Child Adolesc Psychiatr Rev
August 2004
Introduction: the Diagnostic Interview for Narcissism, an instrument developed by Gunderson and associates to assess pathological narcissistic traits in adults, has been adapted for use with parents of preadolescents as a semi-structured interview. A sixth section has been added to assess the parental narcissistic investment of the child.
Methods: the sample consists of 21 parents of children (aged 8-13 years) at risk for narcissistic personality disorder.