Measurement Invariance of Three Versions of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory across Gender-Matched Italian Adolescent High School and Young Adult University Students

Abstract. The aim of this research was to explore measurement invariance across samples from Serbia and the USA (Study 1) and to further validate the Serbian adaptation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory – PNI (Study 2). The results supported the original seven-factor first-order structure as well as the hierarchical structure of the PNI with Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability as the second-order factors. Further, scalar invariance between the two versions of the PNI was achieved. Relations between Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability and other measures of grandiose and hypersensitive narcissism supported the validity of their scores. Among HEXACO traits, both Narcissistic grandiosity and vulnerability showed substantial negative correlations with Honesty-Humility. The main distinctions between the two aspects of narcissism lie in the positive relations with Neuroticism and negative relations with self-esteem, both of which are higher for Narcissistic vulnerability. The results support good psychometric properties of the PNI scores and add to the PNI’s cross-cultural validity.

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Assessment With Microworlds using MicroDYN: Measurement Invariance and Latent Mean Comparisons

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759/a000194 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 304-314 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Samuel Greiff ◽

Sascha Wüstenberg

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

High School Students ◽

University Students ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

Junior High School ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

Dimensional Structure ◽

Assessment Instruments ◽

School Students ◽

Latent Means

Computer-simulated microworlds have witnessed significant international interest over the last decades as assessment vehicles for complex mental skills. This interest strongly contrasts to what is currently known about measurement characteristics of microworlds. In this study measurement invariance and latent means of the MicroDYN measure, a computer-based assessment instrument containing an entire set of dynamic microworlds, were examined in four German subsamples of junior high school students in 8th–10th grade (n = 309), senior high school students in 11th–13th grade (n = 484), university students (n = 222), and blue-collar workers (n = 181). The findings support satisfactory measurement invariance of a two-dimensional structure of the MicroDYN measure with the dimensions knowledge acquisition and knowledge application across all samples, and yield meaningful comparisons between latent means with university students performing best. It is suggested to further explore measurement characteristics of computer-simulated microworlds to fully exploit their potential as means of modern assessment instruments. Implications and limitations are discussed.

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Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory Among Chinese University Students

Journal of Personality Assessment ◽

10.1080/00223891.2012.718303 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 95 (3) ◽

pp. 309-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Jianing You ◽

Freedom Leung ◽

Katty Kit Yee Lai ◽

Kei Fu

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Pathological Narcissism ◽

Chinese University ◽

Chinese University Students ◽

Pathological Narcissism Inventory

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Measurement Invariance of Three Narcissism Questionnaires Across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany

Assessment ◽

10.1177/1073191120907967 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 29-43

Author(s):

Eunike Wetzel ◽

Felix J. Lang ◽

Mitja D. Back ◽

Michele Vecchione ◽

Radoslaw Rogoza ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Measurement Invariance ◽

The United States ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Pathological Narcissism ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

Pathological Narcissism Inventory ◽

The U.S

With a recent surge of research on narcissism, narcissism questionnaires are increasingly being translated and applied in various countries. The measurement invariance of an instrument across countries is a precondition for being able to compare scores across countries. We investigated the cross-cultural measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires (Brief Pathological Narcissism Inventory [B-PNI], Narcissistic Personality Inventory [NPI], and Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire [NARQ]) and mean-level differences across samples from the United States ( N = 2,464), the United Kingdom ( N = 307), and Germany ( N = 925). Overall, the B-PNI and NARQ functioned equivalently for the U.S. and U.K. participants. More violations of measurement invariance were found between Germany and the combined U.S. and U.K. samples, and for the NPI. In the B-PNI and NARQ, Americans scored higher than individuals from the United Kingdom regarding agentic aspects (self-sacrificing self-enhancement, admiration), while Germans scored lower than both Americans and U.K. individuals regarding antagonistic (entitlement rage, rivalry) and neurotic (hiding the self, contingent self-esteem) aspects. More inconsistent results were found for NPI facets. When noninvariance was present, observed means yielded biased results. Thus, the degree of measurement invariance across translated instrument versions should be considered in cross-cultural comparisons, even with culturally similar countries.

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Measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires across the US, the UK, and Germany

10.31234/osf.io/rf6ep ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Eunike Wetzel ◽

Felix J. Lang ◽

Mitja Back ◽

Michele Vecchione ◽

Radosław Rogoza ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Measurement Invariance ◽

The United States ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Pathological Narcissism ◽

The United Kingdom ◽

The Us ◽

Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽

The Uk ◽

Pathological Narcissism Inventory

With a recent surge of research on narcissism, narcissism questionnaires are increasingly beingtranslated and applied in various countries. The measurement invariance of an instrument across countries is a precondition for being able to compare scores across countries. We investigated the cross-cultural measurement invariance of three narcissism questionnaires (Brief Pathological Narcissism Inventory, B-PNI; Narcissistic Personality Inventory, NPI; and Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire, NARQ) and mean-level differences across samples from the United States (N = 2,464), the United Kingdom (N = 307), and Germany (N = 925). Overall, the B-PNI and NARQ functioned equivalently for US and UK participants. More violations of measurement invariance were found between Germany and the combined US and UK samples, and for the NPI. In the B-PNI and NARQ, Americans scored higher than individuals from the UK regarding agentic aspects (self-sacrificing self-enhancement, admiration), while Germans scored lower than both Americans and UK individuals regarding antagonistic (entitlement rage, rivalry) and neurotic (hiding the self, contingent self-esteem) aspects. More inconsistent results were found for NPI facets. When noninvariance was present, observed means yielded biased results. Thus, the degree of measurement invariance across translated instrument versions should be considered in cross-cultural comparisons, even with culturally similar countries.

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