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

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