Can prison turn someone into a narcissist?

[Anonymous]

I know someone who spent 11 years in prison and he has a lot of narcissistic traits.

Yes

No

[burlen]

Prison in itself does not make someone a narcissist. The individual chooses to become one. Prison isn’t a cause of narcissistic behaviour.

[normalice]

Unlikely, but being a narcissist often has something to do with how they ended up in prison.

[Vesuvius87]

Nope. That person was probably already a narcissist from the start but prison made trigger the traits more.

[NerdDG]

I went to prison. It doesn't turn me into narcissist

[jennifer_bloom]

I know somebody who spent 80 years on mars