"Kong Kids" and their Similarities with Narcissistic Personality Disorder

 A survey, which was conducted by City University of Hong Kong, illustrated that "Kong kids" from high income families had more narcissistic traits when compared with those from low income families which did not have narcissistic personality trait at all (Zhu, 2013).

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The narcissistic index of "Kong kids" had an approximately up to 60 percent higher than that of their western counterparts such as the kids of America, Australia as well as United Kingdom in commensurable western studies (Leung, 2013).

Most surprisingly, "Kong kids" with proactive aggression had a comparable or a surpassing mean narcissistic scores when compared with America and Canada adolescent offenders (Leung, 2013).

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Similarities Between the "Kong Kids" and Narcissistic Personality Disorders and its Possible Reasons

 

1) They had a pervasive grandiose sense of self importance and were inclined to exaggerate their achievements as well as talents (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) because they were raised up under the high academic expectations of their parents (Zhu, 2013).

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 2) They consistently believed they were special and could only be understandable by special people (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) because they were cared by the domestic helpers who followed all their orders and gave anythings they wanted (Zhu, 2013).

 

3) They had a pervasive sense of entitlement (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) because they were under all the favorable treatments of their parents when they grew up (Zhu, 2013).

 

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4) They exploit the others (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) because they were under the influence of achievement-oriented mindset of their parents. They pursued their goals in the expense of others (Zhu, 2013). 

 

5) They did not have any empathy and were reluctant to recognize or identify the feelings and needs of others (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) because they were the only one child in their family, therefore, they were raised up without considering the feeling's the others'.

References
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th Ed.). Bangkok: iGroup Press Co., Ltd.

Leung, M. (2013). Hong Kong kids more narcissistic than Western kids according to CityU study. Retrieved 22, October, 2013, Website: http://wikisites.cityu.edu.hk/sites/newscentre/en/Pages/201304231600.aspx

Xinhua (2013) Hong Kong kids more narcissistic than Western kids: study. Retrieved 21, October, 2013 from Xinhua, Website:  http://www.china.org.cn/china/Off_the_Wire/2013-04/23/content_28636219.htm

Zhu, J. (2013). Hong Kong kids more narcissistic than Western kids: Survey. Retrieved 21, October, 2013 from Asia Pacific Daily, Website: http://en.apdnews.com/news/25149.html