The Narcissistic Personality Inventory: A Useful Tool for Assessing Pathological Narcissism? Evidence From Patients With Narcissistic Personality Disorder

被引：28
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作者：
Vater, Aline [1 ,2 ,6 ,7 ]
Schroeder-Abe, Michela [3 ,8 ]
Ritter, Kathrin [4 ,9 ]
Renneberg, Babette [4 ,9 ]
Schulze, Lars [4 ,9 ]
Bosson, Jennifer K. [5 ,10 ]
Roepke, Stefan [1 ,2 ,6 ,7 ]
机构：
[1] Free Univ Berlin, Cluster Excellence Languages Emot, Berlin, Germany
[2] Dept Psychiat, ChariteUniversitatsmedizin Berlin, Frankfurt, Germany
[3] Univ Bamberg, Dept Psychol, Bamberg, Germany
[4] Free Univ Berlin, Dept Educ Sci & Psychol, Berlin, Germany
[5] Univ Florida, Dept Psychol, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[6] Free Univ Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[7] Charite Univ Med Berlin, Dept Psychiat, Berlin, Germany
[8] Otto Friedrich Univ Bamberg, Dept Psychol, Bamberg, Germany
[9] Free Univ Berlin, Dept Educ Sci & Psychol, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
[10] Univ S Florida, Dept Psychol, Tampa, FL 33620 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT | 2013年 / 95卷 / 03期
关键词：
DIMENSIONAL ASSESSMENT; DAPP; CONSTRUCT; VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGY; VALIDATION; VERSION;
D O I：
10.1080/00223891.2012.732636
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
The Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) has dominated research on narcissism in the field of social and personality psychology. Surprisingly, it is unclear whether the NPI is useful for identifying pathological narcissism in patients with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The goal of this study was to close this research gap. We used an extreme-group approach by including NPD patients and healthy controls and comparing their narcissism scores. We further investigated whether explicit self-esteem (assessed with the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) suppressed the relationship between group membership and NPI narcissism. According to our results, NPD patients do not score higher on the NPI in comparison to healthy controls. Analysis of indirect effects revealed that differences in NPI scores are suppressed by NPD patients' low self-esteem. Our results indicate that the NPI is not a valid indicator of NPD, unless one controls for self-esteem. Implications for future research are discussed.
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