Validation of the narcissistic admiration and rivalry questionnaire short scale (NARQ-S) in convenience and representative samples

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 86-96

  Leckelt, Marius ^a   Wetzel, Eunike ^b   Gerlach, Tanja M ^c   Ackerman, Robert A ^d   Miller, Joshua D ^e   Chopik, William J ^f   Penke, Lars ^c   Geukes, Katharina ^a   Küfner, Albrecht C P ^a   Hutteman, Roos ^g   Richter, David ^h   Renner, Karl Heinz ⁱ   Allroggen, Marc ^j   Brecheen, Courtney ^d   Campbell, W Keith ^e   Grossmann, Igor ^k   Back, Mitja D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

ⁱ BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Narcissism; Personality; Representative sample; Short scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; GRANDIOSE NARCISSISM; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NARCISSISM; NARCISSISTIC ADMIRATION AND RIVALRY QUESTIONNAIRE SHORT SCALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCISSISM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014082376     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pas0000433     Document Type: Article

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