“It’s not you, it’s me”: identity disturbance as the main contributor to interpersonal problems in pathological narcissism

Table 2 Means, Standard Deviations, and One-Way Analyses of Variance for Narcissism, Identity Impairment, and Interpersonal Problems Across Attachment Styles

Variable	Secure (n = 82)	Fearful/Avoidant (n = 103)	Anxious/Preoccupied (n = 47)	Dismissive (n = 38)	\(F(3,266)\)	\({\eta }^{2}\)
Variable	\(M(SD)\)	\(M(SD)\)	\(M(SD)\)	\(M(SD)\)	\(F(3,266)\)	\({\eta }^{2}\)
GN	21.00 (8.61)^a	23.39 (8.29)^a	22.64 (9.05)^a	24.34 (9.00)^a	1.74	0.02
VN	19.77 (11.04)^a	30.47 (10.93)^b	25.91 (11.30)^bc	24.97 (9.74)^ac	14.80**	0.14
II	66.42 (13.55)^a	87.87 (16.50)^b	82.85 (14.28)^bc	77.08 (17.52)^c	30.66**	0.26
IIP	33.84 (17.37)^a	52.49 (16.03)^bc	45.45 (13.36)^b	43.55 (13.48)^bd	21.57**	0.20

N 270, Means with different superscripts are significantly different from each other, GN Grandiose narcissism, VN Vulnerable narcissism, II Identity impairment, IIP Interpersonal problems. ***p < .001

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