Narcissism assessment in social-personality research: Does the association between narcissism and psychological health result from a confound with self-esteem?

被引：105
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作者：
Rosenthal, Seth A. [1 ]
Hooley, Jill M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Psychol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
来源：
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY | 2010年 / 44卷 / 04期
关键词：
Narcissism; Self-esteem; Psychological health; Narcissistic personality inventory (NPI); Narcissistic personality disorder; Pathological narcissism; Normal narcissism; DSM-III-R; OF-MENTAL-DISORDERS; CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY; ANXIETY SENSITIVITY; PATHOLOGICAL NARCISSISM; PSYCHIATRIC-PATIENTS; NEGATIVE AFFECT; SCID-II; INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRE;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jrp.2010.05.008
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Influential social and personality psychology research indicates that narcissism is related to psychological health. Such inferences are open to question, however, because they nearly all rely on the same self-report instrument the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Raskin & Hall, 1979, 1981)-to operationalize and measure narcissism. This is problematic because numerous NPI items do not appear to correspond to common definitions or manifestations of narcissism, and may instead be indicative of self-esteem. Two studies demonstrate that the NPI's confound with self-esteem accounts for the purported relationship between narcissism and psychological health. This suggests that inferences about narcissism and psychological health may need to be reinterpreted. Results also highlight the need for measures that correspond more directly to core components of narcissism. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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