The concept of narcissism first entered the psychoanalytic lexicon thanks to Sadger. It began to take its place in psychology literature in 1898, when Havelock Ellis used the term "Narcissus-like". The concept of narcissism comes from Narcissus in Greek mythology (Serbest, Aydoğan, 2016). Narcissism; It described the state of losing oneself in sexual excitement, falling in love with one's own body, and being almost entirely concerned with this state. In 1899, Nacke wrote a German summary of Ellis's article, and in this summary he used the term "Narcissismus", which refers to a sexual disorder in which a person treats his own body as a sexual object (Timuroğlu, İşcan, 2008).
The concept of narcissism, which is based on clinical theories, attracted Freud's attention. As a result, Freud published three articles on Sexuality for the first time in 1910 and mentioned the term narcissism in these three articles. Four years later, he made a great contribution to psychoanalytic theory, “on Narcissism; He published the article "An Introduction". According to Freud, narcissism; It is considered as a period of sexual development. His mention of narcissism as a personality type can be seen in an article he published in 1931 (Timuroğlu, İşcan, 2008). In recent years, the concept of narcissism has attracted the attention of social psychologists and has been the subject of many social studies. Research shows that men and women try to glorify themselves in their relationships with other people. For this purpose, they try to hide the negative aspects of their relationships while emphasizing their positive characteristics. Numerous studies have supported that positive illusions predict relationship adjustment. The findings of the research show that both men and women overestimate their mental abilities; He pointed out that only men exaggerate their physical attractiveness compared to women (Bozkuş, Araz, 2015).
The most distinctive feature of narcissism is; It is the exaggeration of the self (the self, which includes a whole individual, spiritual and physical, experienced and perceived separately from other entities that exist in the real world) and a decrease in interest in other individuals (Evren, 2012). Narcissism is, in short, excessive self-esteem, arrogance, authority over others, tendency towards exhibitionism. Yilli refers to individual characteristics that consider oneself unique and superior to other people. Psychologists define narcissistic people as people who see themselves at the center of the world, cannot tolerate criticism, do not value the people around them, try to attract attention in their environment, and want to be admired (Serbest, Aydoğan, 2016). From the perspective of social psychology and personality psychology, narcissism is defined by personality traits that are not necessarily pathological (Bozkuş, Araz, 2015). When researched scientifically, narcissism; In addition to being investigated as pathological (disease), normal narcissism is also mentioned. Every individual is in love with himself to a certain extent and expects other people to agree with him in this regard. However, the intensification of the interest in and value of the self in a way that requires psychiatric treatment reveals pathological narcissism as a personality disorder (Evren, 2012).
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