On the Meaning and Measure of Narcissism
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For three decades, social-personality research on overt narcissism has relied almost exclusively on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). However, the NPI suffers from a host of psychometric and validity concerns that make composite NPI scores (summed across its subscales) difficult to interpret. The present studies propose that narcissistic characteristics tend to fall under two general clusters: grandiosity and entitlement. The studies show that measures of grandiosity and entitlement interact to predict scores on the NPI, controlling for gender, self-esteem, and basic personality (Study 1), but also that grandiosity and entitlement function independently with respect to mental health (Study 2) and ethical misconduct (Study 3). Together, these results challenge the view of overt narcissism as a unidimensional construct and underscore the importance of distinguishing between grandiose and entitled aspects of the narcissistic self-concept.
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Expert ratings by researchers and clinicians and meta-analytic reviews identify entitlement, manipulativeness, and callousness as key traits associated with narcissism and NPD.
“expert ratings by researchers and clinicians (Brown et al. 2009, Lynam & Widiger 2001, Samuel & Widiger 2004, Samuel et al. 2012, Thomas et al. 2012) and meta-analytic reviews (e.g., O'Boyle et al. 2015, Samuel & Widiger 2008a) identify these as key traits associated with narcissism and NPD.”
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- Authors
- Brown, R. P., Budzek, K., & Tamborski, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Oklahoma (US)
- Corresponding author
- Brown, Ryan P.
- ORCID
- Brown, Ryan P.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-06-01
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 951-964
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2127423490
- Cited by
- 382
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 19 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 26 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 28 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 19.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SHAREOK (University of Oklahoma; Oklahoma State University; Central Oklahoma University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- grandiose narcissism, Narcissistic Personality Inventory, grandiosity, entitlement, self-concept, mental health, ethical violations, self-esteem
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Extraversion, Psychological, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Models, Psychological, Narcissism, Personality, Personality Inventory, Probability, Psychometrics, Regression Analysis, Self Concept, Sex Factors, Conduct Disorder
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