Here's an Economist article about three personality cults including this guy here ...
The article ends:
A psychologist could doubtless make much of these stories. Mr Kim's upbringing was especially odd, in that by the time he started school, his dad had become a dictator and his teachers had been given long instructions on how to please him. But the most obvious reason why despots behave badly is because they can. “Don't praise me too much,” said Mr Niyazov recently. “It is difficult to listen while they sing about you. I sit staring at the ground, blushing.” Sure you do.
