Ali, F., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2010). Investigating theory of mind deficits in nonclinical psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Personality and Individual Differences, 49 (2010), 169-174.

American psychiatric association. (2013) Diagnostic   and   statistical manual of mental disorders (fifth edition DSM – 5). Washigton, DC: American psychiatric association.

Amiri, S., & Jamali, Y. (2019). The Mediating Role of Empathy and Emotion Regulation in Attachment Styles and Dark Personality Traits in Adolescents. Iranian Journal of Psychology & Clinical Psychology. 25 (3), 292-306.

Barlow, A., Qualter, P., & Stylianou, M. (2010). Relationships between Machiavellianism, emotional intelligence and theory of mind in children. Personality and Individual Differences, 48 (2010), 78-82.

Baron-Cohen, S. (2011). The science of evil: On empathy and the origins of cruelty. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Baron-Cohen, S., & Wheelwright, S. (2004). The empathy quotient: An investigation of adults with Asperger syndrome or hight functioning autism, and normal sex differences. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34(2), 163-175.

Baron-Cohen, S., Leslie, A., & Frith, U. (1997). Does the autistic child have a ‘‘theory of mind’’? Cognition, 21, 37-46.

Bateman, A., & Fonagy, P. (2009). Randomized controlled trial of outpatient mentalization-based treatment versus structured clinical management for borderline personality disorder. Randomized Controlled Trial. 166 (12), 1355-64.

Bennik, E., Jeronimus, B. F., Rot, M. A. H. (2019). The relation between empathy and depressive symptoms in a Dutch population sample. Journal of Affective Disorders. DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.008.

Bloxsom, C. A. J., Firth, J., Kibowski, F., Egan, V., LSumich, A., & Hyme, N. (2021). Dark shadow of the self: How the dark triad and empathy impact parental and intimate adult attachment relationships in women. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsiml.2021.100045Get rights and content

Burnett, S., Sebastian, C., Cohen K. K., & Blakemore, S.J. (2010). The social brain in adolescence: evidence from functional magnetic resonance imaging and behavioral studies. Neurosis Biobehaviour, 35(8):1654-64.

Carruthers, P. (1996). Language, Thought, and Consciousness, An Essay in Philosophical Psychology, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chin, W.W. (1998). The Partial Least Squares Approach to Structural Equation Modeling, in G.A. Marcoulides. Modern Methods for Business Research, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 295-336.

Choi-Kain, L. W., & Gunderson, J. G. (2008). Mentalization: Ontogeny, Assessment, and Application in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 165 (9), 1127-1135.

Dahlgren, S., Sandberg, A., & Larsson, M. (2010). Theory of mind in children with severe speech and physical impairments. Research in developmental disabilities,31(2),617-24

Dolan, M., & Fullam, R. (2004). Theory of mind and mentalizing ability in antisocial personality disorders with and without psychopathy. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1093–1102.

Dziobek, I., Preissler, S., Grozdanovic, Z., Heuser, I., Heekeren, H.R., & Roepke, S. (2011). Neuronal correlates of altered empathy and social cognition in borderline personality disorder. NeuroImage, 57 (2), 539–548

Dziobek, I., Preissler, S., Grozdanovic, Z., Heuser, I., Heekeren, H.R., & Roepke, S. (2011). Neuronal correlates of altered empathy and social cognition in borderline personality disorder. NeuroImage,57 (2),539–548

Esperger, Z., & Bereczkei, T. (2012). Machiavellianism and spontaneous mentalization: One step ahead of others. European Journal of Personality, 26, 580–587.

Felisberti F.M. & King R. (2017). Mind-Reading in altruists and psychopaths. In: Ibáñez A., Sedeño L., García A. (eds) Neuroscience and Social Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68421-5_6

Fonagy, P., Luyten, P., & Bateman, A. (2015) Translation: Mentalizing as treatment target in borderline personality disorder. Personal Disorder. 6,380–392.

Fornell C & Larcker DF. (1981). Evaluating structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error. Journal of Marketing Research, 18, 39–50.

Gambin, M Sharp, C (2018). Relations between empathy and anxiety dimensions in inpatient adolescents. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 31(4), 447-458.

Gambin, M., & Sharp, C. (2018). Relations between empathy and anxiety dimensions in inpatient adolescents. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 31 (4), 447-458.

Ghiassi, V., Dimaggio, G., & Brune, M. (2010). Dysfunctions in understanding other minds in borderline personality disorder: A study using cartoon picture stories. Psychother. Res., 20(6), 657-67

Harari H, Shamay-Tsoory, SG, Ravid, M, & Levkovitz, Y. (2010). The envious brain: the neural basis of social comparison. Psychiatry Res. 175(3), 277-9.

Harari, H., Shamay-Tsoory, S.G., Ravid, M., & Levkovitz, Y. (2010). Double dissociation between cognitive and affective empathy in borderline personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 175(3), 277-279.

Hillmann, K., neukel, C., Krauch, M., Spohn, A., Schnell, K., Herpertz, S. C., & Bertsch, K. (2020). Cognitive and Affective Theory of Mind in Female Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder. Pers Disord. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2020_34_490. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33107807.

Intili, R. (2011). Borderline personality disorder and emotion information processing. Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, school of psychology. University of Birmingam.

Kajonius, P. J., & Bjorkman, T. (2020). Individuals with dark traits have the ability but not the disposition to empathize. Personality and Individual differences. 155 (2020), 109-125.

Kramer, U., Keller, S., Caspar, F., de Roten, Y., Desp- land, J.-N., & Kolly, S. (2017). Early change in coping strategies in responsive treatments for borderline personality disorder: A mediation analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 530–535. doi:10.1037/ccp0000196

Leichsenring, F. (1999). Development and first results of the Borderline Personality Inventory: A self-report instrument for assessing borderline personality organization. Journal of Personality Assessment, 73(1), 45-63.

Lyons, M, & Rise. H. (2010). Thieves of time? Procrastination and the dark Traid of personality. Journal: personality and Individual Difference, 61, 34-37.

Mehrabian, A., & Epstein, N. (1972). A measure of emotional empathy. Journal of Personality. 40 (1972), 525-543.

Nadja, H., Jennifer, F., Fraenze, K., Sumich, A., Egan, V., & Bloxson, C. A.J.  (2019). Emphaty at the Darkness. Emphaty Deficits That Bind the Dark Triad and Those That Mediate. Indirect Relational Aggression Original Research.

Niedtfeld, I (2018). Experimental investigation of cognitive and affective empathy in borderline personality disorder effects of ambiguity in multi model social linformation processing. Psychiatry Research. Psychiatry Res. 253 (2018), 58-63.

Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Collins, K. M. T. (2007). A typology of mixed methods sampling designs in social science research. The Qualitative Report, 12(2), 281-316. Retrieved [May, 2016], from http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR12-2/onwuegbuzie2.pdf

Ortega-Díaz, E., Garcia-Campos, J., Moya-Martinez, A., Ramirez-Cremades, C., Rico-Gomis, J. M., Cuesta-Moreno, C., Palazón-Bru, A., Estan-Cerezo, G., Piqueras, J. A., & Rodríguez-Marín, J. (2021). Theory of Mind in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Possible Endophenotypic Factor? International Journal of Environmental research and public health. 18 (2021), 1-12.

Ortega-Díaz, E., García-Campos, J., Moya-Martínez, A., Ramírez-Cremade, C., Rico-Gomis, J. M., Cuesta-Moreno, C., Palazón-Bru, A., Estan-Cerezo, G., Piqueras, J. A. and Rodríguez-Marín, J. (2021). Theory of Mind in Borderline Personality Disorder: A Possible Endophenotypic Factor? Int J Environ Res Public Health.18(6), 31-53. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063193.

Pajevic, M., Vukosavljevic-Gvozden, T., Stevanovic, N., & Neumann, C. S. (2018). The relationship between the Dark Tetrad and a two-dimensional view of empathy. Personality and Individual differences. 123 (2018), 1125-130.

Paulhus, D.L.& Williams, K.M. (2002). The dark triad of personality: Narcissism, Machiavellianism & psychopathy. Journal of Research in personality. 36(6), 556-563.

Premack, D.G. and Woodruff, G. (1978). Does the Chimpanzee Have a Theory of Mind? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1, 515-526.

Richard, P, Bagozzi, W. J. Verbeke, M. I., Dietvorst R.C., Belschak, F. D., van den Berg, W. E., Rietdijk, W J. R. (2013). Theory of Mind and Empathic Explanations of Machiavellianism: A Neuroscience Perspective. Journal of Management. 39 (7), 1760-1798.

Schilling, L., Wingenfeld, K., Löwe, B., Moritz, S., Terfehr, K., & Köther, U. (2012). Normal mind‐reading capacity but higher response confidence in borderline personality disorder patients. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 66, 322–327.

Schimmenti, A., Jonason, P. K., Passanisi, A., Marca, L. L., Di Dio, N., & Gervasi, A. M. (2019). Exploring the Dark Side of Personality: Emotional Awareness, Empathy, and the Dark Triad Traits in an Italian Sample. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 38(1), 100–109.

Stanley, B. & Siever, L. J. (2010).  The Interpersonal Dimension of Borderline Personality Disorder: Toward a Neuropeptide Model.  Am. J. Psychiatry, 167(1):24-39.

Stellwagen, K. K., & Kerig, P. K. (2013). Dark triad personality traits and theory of mind among school-age children. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 123–127.

Stone, V. B., Baron-Cohen, S., & Knight, R. T. (1998). Frontal lobe contributions to theory of mind. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 10, 640-656.

Turner, N. (2017). An Investigation of Emotion Recognition Ability and Metacognitive Judgements of Emotion Recognition Performance in Trait Narcissism. A report submitted as a partial requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours in Psychology at the University of Tasmania.

Turner, O. N., Foster, J. D., Webster, G. D. (2019). The Dark Triad's inverse relations with cognitive and emotional empathy: High-powered tests with multiple measures. Personality and Individual differences. 139 (2019), 1-6.

Vonk, J., Zeigler-Hill, V., Ewing, D., Mercer, S., & Noser, A. E. (2015). Mindreading in the dark: Dark personality features and theory of mind. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 50–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.07.025

Yalcin, Ӧ. N., & DiPaola, S. (2018). A computational model of empathy for interactive agents. Biologically inspired cognitive architectures, 26, 20-25.

Yu J, Kirk M. (2008). Measurement of empathy in nursing research: Systematic review. J Advanc Nurs. 64, 440-454.

Zanarini, M. C. (2005).  Borderline Personality Disorder. Published by Taylor & Francis Group.

Zegarra-Valdivia, J. A., & Vilca, B. N. Ch. (2019). Social cognition and executive function in borderline personality disorder: evidence of altered cognitive processes. Salud Mental. 24 (1), 33-41. doi: 10.17711/SM.0185-3325.2019.005