A Comparison of Unidimensionality and Measurement Precision of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire

Assessment ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael P. Grosz ◽  
Wilco H. M. Emons ◽  
Eunike Wetzel ◽  
Marius Leckelt ◽  
William J. Chopik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forced Choice ◽  
Measurement Precision ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Choice Response ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Response Models ◽  
Item Response Models ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Scale Response ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

The current study compares the closeness to unidimensionality (CU) and measurement precision (MP) of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI)—with either a pairwise forced-choice or 5-point Likert-type scale response format—to the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire (NARQ). Minimum rank factor analysis and item information curves from item response models were utilized. The results mainly confirmed our expectations that NPI subscales are lower in CU and MP compared with NARQ subscales when the NPI was administered with its traditional forced-choice response format. When the NPI was administered with a 5-point Likert-type scale response format, the NPI subscale Leadership/Authority and NPI Grandiose Exhibitionism showed similarly high levels of CU and MP as the two NARQ subscales. While the NPI subscale Entitlement/Exploitativeness had a higher CU than the NARQ subscales it showed considerably lower levels of MP.

A Comparison of the Nomological Networks Associated With Forced-Choice and Likert Formats of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory

2017 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua D. Miller ◽  
Brittany Gentile ◽  
Nathan T. Carter ◽  
Michael Crowe ◽  
Brian J. Hoffman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Forced Choice ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

The Effect of Response Format on the Psychometric Properties of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Assessment ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Ackerman ◽  
M. Brent Donnellan ◽  
Brent W. Roberts ◽  
R. Chris Fraley
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Response Format ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Narcissistic Personality Inventory 16—Greek Version

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantinos M. Kokkinos ◽  
Eleftherios Baltzidis ◽  
Danae Xynogala
Keyword(s):  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Greek Version ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory

Narcissism and Causal Attribution

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 171-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen R. Ladd ◽  
M. Cay Welsh ◽  
William F. Vitulli ◽  
Elise E. Labbé ◽  
Joseph G. Law
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Attributional Style ◽  
Causal Attribution ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Negative Events ◽  
Positive Events ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Attributional Style Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

This study examined the relationship between scores on narcissistic personality traits and causal attributions to positive and negative events. 119 undergraduate students in psychology as participants completed the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40, the Attributional Style Questionnaire, and several Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes. Analyses indicated that men who scored higher on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40 made more internal and stable attributions to positive events and more external and unstable attributions to negative events than did men who scored lower on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-40. Also scores on the Self-referencing Closed-ended Vignettes correlated significantly and positively with the Attributional Style Questionnaire, providing evidence for the validity of the vignettes.

Examining the Dimensionality of Pathological Narcissism: Factor Analysis and Construct Validity of the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 499-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael L. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
American Psychiatric Association ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Dimension ◽  
Pathological Narcissism ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Group Measure

The focus of the current research was to investigate the structure of possible dimensions of pathological narcissism as suggested by the American Psychiatric Association and recently by Miller. For this study, a 75-item instrument, the O'Brien Multiphasic Narcissism Inventory, was developed. Three studies provide preliminary evidence of the test's validity. A factor analysis, in Study 1, identified three orthogonal scales, labelled Narcissistic Personality Dimension, Poisonous Pedagogy Dimension, and Narcissistically Abused Personality Dimension. In Studies 2 and 3, issues of validity were investigated by testing construct hypotheses and by correlating scores on the new scales with those on both the Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Eysenck Personality Inventory. Taken as a whole, the three studies give encouraging evidence that the new scales provide a useful group measure of the dimensions of pathological narcissistic personality.

Revised Neo Personality Inventory Profiles of Narcissistic and Nonnarcissistic People

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 512-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nerella V. Ramanaiah ◽  
Fred R. J. Detwiler ◽  
Anupama Byravan
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Personality Profiles ◽  
Neo Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality ◽  
Revised Neo Personality Inventory ◽  
Narcissistic Personality Inventory ◽  
Univariate Analyses

This study investigated the construct validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory against the Revised NEO Personality Inventory to test the hypothesis that narcissistic and nonnarcissistic people have different personality profiles The two inventories were administered to 96 male and 92 female undergraduates Multivariate as well as univariate analyses of variance indicated that the Revised NEO Personality Inventory profiles were significantly different for narcissistic and nonnarcissistic groups which supported the construct validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory.

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