Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League grad accused of assassinating United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk, displayed a pattern of “grandiose” behavior associated with ...

Grandiose narcissism is a personality trait ... strategies aimed at protecting one’s self-image through aggressive behavior toward others. This trait reflects a deep-seated insecurity and ...

They maintain their grandiose behavior using two dimensions: a self-promoting dimension that craves the admiration of others ...

Subtypes of narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) may include grandiose NPD and vulnerable NPD. Alternatively, people may also refer to “grandiosity” and “vulnerability” in NPD.

Are those tendencies so easy to identify – and ultimately ... According to Kaufman, the three types of narcissism are: grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism and communal narcissism.