Clinically speaking, is Pres. Obama a narcissist ?

Anti-Obamanites often characterize the President as a narcissist. Is he?

Below is one clinician’s criteria for slotting somebody as a narcissist. All are narcissistic tendencies.

A score of 10 out of 13 slots somebody as an “overt maladaptive narcissist”. That sounds pretty bad.

If the State of the Union gets boring tonight, pull out the list and score the President along these criteria.

Source: Disarming the Narcissist: Surviving & Thriving With the Self-Absorbed by Wendy T. Behary

This entry was posted on January 27, 2010 at 7:45 am and is filed under Psychology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Clinically speaking, is Pres. Obama a narcissist ?”

John Carpenter Says:
January 27, 2010 at 3:37 pm | Reply
Hmmmm. Can I think of any politicians who do not meet all these criteria? From my High School class president to now, I cannot.

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