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Narcissism Vulnerability as Risk Factor for Alzheimer´s Disease- A Prospective Study

Journal: Austin Journal of Clinical Neurology (Vol.2, No. 7)

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Page : 1-6

Keywords : Narcissistic personality; Alzheimer’s disease; Risk of dementia; Depression; Cognitive status;

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Abstract

Introduction: We examine whether broad factors and specific facets of pathological narcissistic personality are associated with increased risk of incident Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in a prospective cohort study. Participants (n=452) were monitored for up to 36 months from a baseline personality assessment with Pathological Narcissistic Inventory (NPI). The results showed that dementia developed in 159 participants. On average, participants in whom dementia developed were mostly female (p

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