Causes, Risk Factors, And Complications Of Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Risk Of Gender

Because of the lack of self-reporting, the risk of gender in narcissistic personality disorder is not entirely clear. It does, however, seem men are more likely to develop this disorder than women. This may be, in part, due to cultural factors that encourage men to avoid strong emotion, leading them to see expressions of emotion as weak. It is also suggested this cultural training often happens around the teenage years, a time when most young individuals are prone to a natural level of narcissism. If narcissistic tendencies are encouraged rather than challenged, it may lead to narcissistic personality disorder in predisposed individuals.