- Green, A., Day, N.J.S., Hart, C.M., Grenyer, B.F.S. and Bach, B. (2025). Gender bias in assessing narcissistic personality: Exploring the utility of the ICD‐11 dimensional model. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(2), pp. 248–264. doi:10.1111/bjc.12503.
- Day, N.J.S., Biberdzic, M., Green, A., Denmeade, G., Bach, B. and Grenyer, B.F.S. (2025). Clinician Diagnostic Ratings and Countertransference Reactions Towards Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 32(2). doi:10.1002/cpp.70070.
- Day, N.J.S., Green, A., Denmeade, G., Bach, B. and Grenyer, B.F.S. (2024). Narcissistic personality disorder in the ICD‐11: Severity and trait profiles of grandiosity and vulnerability. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 80(8), pp. 1917–1936. doi:10.1002/jclp.23701.
- Green, A. and Hart, C.M. (2024). Mean Girls in Disguise? Associations Between Vulnerable Narcissism and Perpetration of Bullying Among Women. Sex Roles. doi:10.1007/s11199-024-01477-y.
- Green, A., Hart, C.M., Day, N., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2024). Gendering Narcissism: Different Roots and Different Routes to Intimate Partner Violence. Sex Roles. doi:10.1007/s11199-024-01471-4.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2023). Clinician perception of pathological narcissism in females: a vignette-based study. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1090746.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2022). Female Narcissism: Assessment, Aetiology, and Behavioural Manifestations. Psychological Reports, 125(6), pp. 2833–2864. doi:10.1177/00332941211027322.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2021). Corrigendum to “Recollections of parenting styles in the development of narcissism: The role of gender” [Personality and Individual Differences (2020) 1–6/110246]. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, pp. 110659–110659. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110659.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2021). Corrigendum to “Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence” [Personality and Individual Differences 167 (2020) 1–6/110247]. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, pp. 110658–110658. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110658.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2020). Recollections of parenting styles in the development of narcissism: The role of gender. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, pp. 1–1. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110246.
- Green, A., MacLean, R. and Charles, K. (2020). Unmasking gender differences in narcissism within intimate partner violence. Personality and Individual Differences, 167, pp. 1–1. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110658.
- Green, A., Charles, K. and MacLean, R. (2019). Perceptions of female narcissism in intimate partner violence: A thematic analysis. Qualitative Methods in Psychology Bulletin, (28), pp. 13–27.
- Green, A. (2019). Echoism. Ology: Reviews in Applied Sciences, 2, pp. 6–7. doi:10.14297/ras.v2i1.7.
- Green, A. and Charles, K. (2019). Voicing the Victims of Narcissistic Partners: A Qualitative Analysis of Responses to Narcissistic Injury and Self-Esteem Regulation. SAGE Open, 9(2), pp. 215824401984669–215824401984669. doi:10.1177/2158244019846693.
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About
Overview
After completing her PhD in 2020, Dr Ava Green joined City University of London as a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology. Her PhD research, titled ‘Gender Differences in the Expression of Narcissism: Diagnostic Assessment, Aetiology, and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration’, has been published in peer-reviewed journals and featured in media outlets.
Ava’s research interests include exploring gender differences in personality disorders and traits, in relation to offending behaviours, aetiological factors, and diagnostic assessment. Her current projects focuses on narcissism in women.
Ava is the Programme Lead for the BSc Psychology with Criminology degree, and the module leader for Forensic Psychology which her teaching mainly focuses on. Her teaching experience also extends to other areas including quantitative and qualitative methods, individual differences, social psychology, cognitive psychology, and work and organisational psychology.
Enquiries related to potential research collaborations and supervision of PhD students are welcome.
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, Jul 2020
- PhD Forensic Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, Feb 2017 – Jan 2020
- MSc Applied Criminology and Forensic Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, Sep 2015 – Oct 2016
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom, Sep 2011 – Jul 2015
Employment
- Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, City, University London, Jul 2020 – present
- Visiting Lecturer in Psychology, Queen Margaret University, Mar 2018 – Mar 2019
- Associate Lecturer in Psychology, Edinburgh Napier University, Sep 2017 – Jun 2020
Memberships of professional organisations
- Chartered Psychologist, The British Psychological Society
Publications
Publications by category
Chapters (4)
- Green, A. and Day, N. (2025). Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism. ICD-11 Personality Disorders (pp. 186–212). Oxford University PressOxford.
- Green, A. (2023). Criminal False Confessions. Forensic Psychology, Crime and Policing Key Concepts and Practical Debates (pp. 312–316). Bristol, UK: Policy Press. ISBN 978-1-4473-5938-8.
- Green, A. and Day, N. The Development of Narcissism. In Papageorgiou, K. (Ed.), Research Handbook on the Dark Triad Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Green, A. Female Corporate Narcissism and Its Association with Female Corporate Psychopathy. Research Handbook on Corporate Psychopathy Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Internet publications (6)
- Green, A. (2025). For narcissistic people, the gap between perception and reality may go far deeper than we thought. The Conversation.
- Green, A. (2024). How to deal with narcissistic relatives over the holidays. The Conversation.
- Green, A. (2024). Trump accused of ‘malignant narcissism’ – but how accurately can you diagnose someone you’ve never met? The Conversation.
- Green, A. (2024). Why we get less narcissistic with age. The Conversation.
- Green, A. and Hart, C. (2024). Narcissism: it’s less obvious in women than in men – but can be just as dangerous. The Conversation.
- Green, A. (2019). Narcissism – and the various ways it can lead to domestically abusive relationships. The Conversation.
Journal articles (14)
Professional activities
Media appearances (4)
- Female narcissism. (2025) ‘Female narcissism is often misdiagnosed’: how science is finding women can have a dark streak too.
- Narcissism in female con-artists. (2022).
- This Type Of Narcissism Is More Common In Women — And Is Linked To Abusive Behavior. (2020) Mindbodygreen (website).
- The link between narcissism and intimate partner violence manifests itself differently in women and men. (2020) PsyPost (website).
Media appearances (3)
- Narcissism shows differently in men and women. Here’s how to spot it. BBC, Science Focus
- Unravelling the gendered undertones of narcissism.
- Narcissism in the Infinity Room. Interviewed for Splice Today
https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me#.Xe_TuAls6F8.gmail