Schmalbach Bjarne, Zenger Markus, Nanette Tibubos Ana, Borkenhagen Ada, Strauss Bernhard, Brähler Elmar
. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. Hochschule Mainz Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Mainz Germany.
. Faculty of Applied Human Studies, University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, Stendal, Germany. Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal Stendal Germany.
Int J Psychol Res (Medellin). 2020 Jul-Dec;13(2):68-77. doi: 10.21500/20112084.4855.
The present study was conducted with the aim of constructing and validating a short form of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). The NPI is the most widely-applied measure for the assessment of narcissistic personality traits and, therefore, it is of great relevance for many research questions in personality and social psychology. To develop the short scale, we first found the optimal eight-item solution among all valid combinations of the NPI-15 items in an exploratory subsample ( = 1 165) of our complete representative sample of the German general population. We then validated this model in a confirmatory subsample ( = 1 126). Additionally, we examined its invariance across age groups and sex, as well as its reliability, as well as construct and predictive validity -comparing it to the NPI-15. Our results indicate that the NPI-8 is a valid and reliable measure of narcissistic personality with minimal losses compared to the 15-item version. Particularly where brevity and an economical assessment are desired, the NPI-8 should be considered.
本研究旨在构建并验证自恋人格问卷(NPI)的简版。NPI是评估自恋人格特质应用最广泛的量表,因此,它对人格与社会心理学中的许多研究问题都具有重要意义。为了开发这个简短量表,我们首先在德国普通人群完整代表性样本的一个探索性子样本(n = 1165)中,从NPI - 15项的所有有效组合中找到了最佳的八项解决方案。然后我们在一个验证性子样本(n = 1126)中对该模型进行了验证。此外,我们检验了它在不同年龄组和性别间的不变性,以及它的信度、结构效度和预测效度——并将其与NPI -15进行比较。我们的结果表明,与15项版本相比,NPI - 8是一种有效且可靠的自恋人格测量工具,且损失最小。特别是在需要简洁性和经济评估的情况下,应考虑使用NPI - 8。