Narcissistic Personality Inventory Factors, Splitting, and Self-Consciousness

Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Emmons, 1984) factors were correlated with Splitting, Self-Consciousness, Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem. Exploitativeness/Entitlement was largely maladaptive, whereas Leadership/Authority, Superiority/Arrogance, and Self-Absorption/Self-Admiration yiel...

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Published in:Journal of personality assessment 1993-08, Vol.61 (1), p.41-57
Main Authors: Watson, P.J., Biderman, Michael D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Ego
Evaluation
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Narcissism
Narcissistic Personality Inventory
Personality Assessment
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Techniques and methods
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Summary:Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Emmons, 1984) factors were correlated with Splitting, Self-Consciousness, Depression, Anxiety, and Self-Esteem. Exploitativeness/Entitlement was largely maladaptive, whereas Leadership/Authority, Superiority/Arrogance, and Self-Absorption/Self-Admiration yielded ambiguous outcomes. Partialing out Exploitativeness/Entitlement uncovered stronger ties of the other factors with adjustment, and controlling for the other three dimensions caused Exploitativeness/Entitlement to appear more pathological. Raskin and Terry (1988) NPI factors and a narcissistic Superiority Scale were similarly affected by partialing, appearing healthier when controlling for "maladaptive" narcissism and meg unhealthy when removing the more "adaptive" variance. These data suggest that complex entanglements between adaptive and maladaptive forms of self-love may make it difficult to understand and assess pathological narcissism.
ISSN:0022-3891
1532-7752
DOI:10.1207/s15327752jpa6101_4