Initial Construction and Validation of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-379

  Pincus, Aaron L ^a   Ansell, Emily B ^b   Pimentel, Claudia A ^a   Cain, Nicole M ^a   Wright, Aidan G C ^a   Levy, Kenneth N ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

narcissistic grandiosity; narcissistic vulnerability; Pathological Narcissism Inventory; scale construction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FANTASY; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RAGE; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SHAME; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VALIDATION PROCESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70249149271     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016530     Document Type: Article

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