New study finds men are prone to more overt narcissism than women

Narcissism is both a clinical disorder and a personality trait. A study from the University of Southampton and City, University of London, titled ‘Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence’ analysed the role of narcissism in perpetuating violence. Vulnerable narcissism is less studied than grandiose narcissism and is also known as covert narcissism. The researchers studied 328 adults where on several parameters, men scored higher on grandiose narcissism whilst women scored higher on vulnerable narcissism. With vulnerable narcissism, there’s a high chance of engaging in verbal and indirect forms of bullying; while grandiose narcissism leads to physical bullying.