The Higher Order Factor Structure and Gender Invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Autor/inn/en	Wright, Aidan G. C.; Lukowitsky, Mark R.; Pincus, Aaron L.; Conroy, David E.
Titel	The Higher Order Factor Structure and Gender Invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory
Quelle	In: Assessment, 17 (2010) 4, S.467-483 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1073-1911
DOI	10.1177/1073191110373227
Schlagwörter	Factor Structure; Personality Problems; Psychometrics; Gender Differences; Psychopathology; Measures (Individuals); Personality Traits; Personality Measures; Goodness of Fit; Error of Measurement; Factor Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenstruktur; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Psychopathologie; Messdaten; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Messfehler; Faktorenanalyse
Abstract	The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed multidimensional inventory for the assessment of pathological narcissism. The authors describe and report the results of two studies that investigate the higher order factor structure and gender invariance of the PNI. The results of the first study indicate that the PNI has a higher order factor structure that conforms to the theoretical structure of pathological narcissism with one factor representing narcissistic grandiosity and the other capturing narcissistic vulnerability. These results uniquely place the PNI as the only measure to broadly assess the two phenotypic themes of pathological narcissism. In the second study, results from tests of measurement invariance indicate that the PNI performs similarly in large samples of men (n = 488) and women (n = 495). These results further establish the psychometric properties of the PNI and suggest that it is well suited for the assessment of pathological narcissism. (Contains 1 note and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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