Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia.
Psychol Assess. 2019 Jul;31(7):913-924. doi: 10.1037/pas0000717. Epub 2019 Mar 18.
There is growing interest in understanding the fluctuations in grandiose and vulnerable narcissistic states over time. Momentary data collection is vital in facilitating this new area of inquiry. Two narcissism adjective scales, the Narcissistic Grandiosity Scale and the Narcissistic Vulnerability Scale, have recently been developed for this purpose. In the present study, the validity of these 2 scales was examined across 3 different samples. Results indicate that these measures perform well psychometrically at both the momentary- and trait-level. Multilevel exploratory factor analyses reveal a clear 2-factor structure at both the within- and between-person level. Within-person correlations between these scales and other momentary scales (e.g., the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule) are consistent with theoretical expectations. Finally, individual differences in endorsement of both of these scales correlated with other dispositional measures, including existing narcissism measures (e.g., The Pathological Narcissism Inventory and The Five Factor Narcissism Inventory), at the between-person level in the expected manner. We conclude these scales are well-suited for momentary narcissism assessment in studies wishing to examine fluctuations in grandiosity and vulnerability. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
人们越来越感兴趣的是理解随着时间的推移，宏伟和脆弱的自恋状态的波动。瞬时数据收集对于促进这一新的研究领域至关重要。最近开发了两种自恋形容词量表，即自恋宏伟量表和自恋脆弱量表，用于此目的。在本研究中，这两种量表在三个不同的样本中进行了验证。结果表明，这些测量方法在瞬时和特质水平上都具有良好的心理计量学性能。多层次探索性因素分析表明，在个体内和个体间水平上都存在明确的两因素结构。这些量表与其他瞬时量表（例如，积极和消极情绪量表）之间的个体内相关性与理论预期一致。最后，在个体间水平上，这两种量表的认同程度与其他特质测量指标（例如，病态自恋量表和五因素自恋量表）存在差异，这与预期的方式一致。我们得出的结论是，这些量表非常适合希望检查宏伟和脆弱波动的研究进行瞬时自恋评估。（PsycINFO 数据库记录（c）2019 APA，保留所有权利）。
