A test of two brief measures of grandiose narcissism: The narcissistic personality inventory-13 and the narcissistic personality inventory-16

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1120-1136

  Gentile, Brittany ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a   Hoffman, Brian J ^a   Reidy, Dennis E ^a   Zeichner, Amos ^a   Keith Campbell, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Grandiose; Measurement; Narcissism; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DSM-5; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; GRANDIOSE NARCISSISM; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVE NARCISSISM SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL ADJECTIVE SCALES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; NARCISSISTIC GRANDIOSITY SCALE; NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 13; NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 16; NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 40; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM INVENTORY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ENTITLEMENT SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVISED NEO PERSONALITY INVENTORY; ROSENBERG SELF ESTEEM SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT PSYCHOPATHY SCALE III; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; THIN SLICE RATINGS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890084650     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033192     Document Type: Article

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