Validation of the narcissistic grandiosity scale and creation of reduced item variants

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1550-1560

  Crowe, Michael ^a   Carter, Nathan T ^a   Campbell, W Keith ^a   Miller, Joshua D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjective rating form; Grandiose; Item response theory; Narcissism; Vulnerable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-5; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSISM; NARCISSISTIC GRANDIOSITY SCALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARANOIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF ESTEEM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955287108     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000281     Document Type: Article

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