Narcissism in the Rorschach revisited: some reflections on empirical data

A study on the effective use of Rorschach variables to identify narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) based on the methodology recommended by T. Nezworski and J. Wood (1995) is presented. Scores of 91 patients who met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV criteria and 50 nonclinical individuals were compared on five Rorschach variables. Findings show that selected Rorschach variables can identify accurately NPD patients from a nonclinical group.