Number 1: Narcissistic personality disorder can be inherited.
People with narcissistic personality disorder might have been born with defective genes. Research indicates that a person is more likely to develop NPD if it occurs in the medical history of their family. The common and dormant traits of NPD can be passed on genetically up to 71% of the time. Another study discovered that, more specifically, the sense of entitlement is 35% heritable while the tendency towards self-importance is 23% heritable.
This, however, doesn’t fully justify narcissistic traits. In fact, narcissism in itself is something that is progressively developmental more than a factor of genes. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s have a look at occurrences that can encourage or worsen these otherwise healthy tendencies.
Number 2: There are a lot of factors in childhood development that contribute to increased narcissistic traits.
The narcissist personality that’s evident in adulthood is usually developed in childhood or adolescence and sets in during the early to mid-twenties. In today’s culture, children no longer play on their own or without adult supervision. When children play with other children on their own, they demonstrate more empathy. They’re able to understand their own emotions and the perspectives of others. Lack of freedom for children and opportunities to play increases the risk of this disorder later in life. When they become adolescents, they’re subjected to a lot of pressure to achieve academically, look good, and fit in.
We also have social media where teenagers are minting money through entertainment and content. Parents struggle to reprimand such children unconsciously building a more self-centered approach to things. On the other hand, developmental experiences that are negative in nature, such as being rejected as a child, also contribute to the occurrence of NPD in adulthood.
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