Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin.
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Psychol Assess. 2018 Jul;30(7):984-990. doi: 10.1037/pas0000579. Epub 2018 May 24.
Despite a growing interest in the use of self-report measures of narcissism among student, community, and clinical samples, the research on narcissism in prison samples is sparse, despite elevated rates of narcissism in these samples. The current study examined the relations between commonly used measures of grandiose narcissism (Narcissistic Personality Inventory-13 [NPI-13]), vulnerable narcissism (Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale [HSNS]), and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD; Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire [PDQ]) in a sample of adult male offenders (N = 179). The NPI-13 and PDQ NPD scales overlapped substantially with one another and manifested similar empirical profiles (rICC = .81), with both being substantially correlated with interview-based symptoms of NPD, entitlement, psychopathy, and externalizing behaviors. Conversely, the HSNS manifested more limited relations with other measures of NPD and related traits (e.g., entitlement), as well as externalizing behaviors, and was more strongly related to internalizing symptoms. Consistent with previous work, NPD appears to be a blend of grandiose and vulnerable narcissism as the PDQ's empirical profile overlapped with that of the HSNS (rICC = .51), which was not true for the NPI-13 (rICC = .18). Analyses of the incremental validity of the 3 measures suggested that the NPI-13 was particularly successful in accounting for unique variance in these relevant criteria. These results underscore the benefit of utilizing multiple measures to distinguish empirical correlates of grandiose narcissism, vulnerable narcissism, and NPD. (PsycINFO Database Record
尽管在学生、社区和临床样本中越来越关注使用自恋的自我报告测量,但在监狱样本中对自恋的研究却很少,尽管这些样本中的自恋率很高。本研究在一个成年男性罪犯样本中(N = 179),考察了夸大型自恋(自恋人格量表 13 项 [NPI-13])、脆弱型自恋(敏感自恋量表 [HSNS])和自恋型人格障碍(人格诊断问卷 [PDQ])常用测量指标之间的关系。NPI-13 和 PDQ NPD 量表彼此之间存在大量重叠,并表现出相似的经验特征(rICC =.81),两者均与基于访谈的 NPD、权利感、精神病态和外化行为的症状显著相关。相反,HSNS 与其他 NPD 和相关特征(例如权利感)以及外化行为的测量指标的关系更为有限,与内化症状的关系更为密切。与之前的工作一致,NPD 似乎是夸大和脆弱自恋的混合体,因为 PDQ 的经验特征与 HSNS 重叠(rICC =.51),而 NPI-13 则不是(rICC =.18)。对这 3 种测量方法的增量有效性分析表明,NPI-13 在解释这些相关标准的独特方差方面特别成功。这些结果强调了使用多种测量方法来区分夸大自恋、脆弱自恋和 NPD 的经验相关性的益处。