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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2023 Jun;124(6):1277–1298. doi: 10.1037/pspp0000463

Table 1.

Overview of the Most Commonly Used Narcissism Measures

Scale Abbreviation Author(s) Year Example studies on age differences
Narcissistic Personality Inventory NPI Raskin & Hall 1979 Cross-sectional: Cai et al. (2012), Carter & Douglass (2018), Foster et al. (2003), Hill & Roberts (2012), Roberts et al. (2010), Wilson & Sibley, (2011, Study 2)
Longitudinal: Grosz et al. (2019), Wetzel et al. (2020)
Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale HSNS Hendin & Cheek 1997 Cross-sectional: Barlett & Barlett (2015)
Dirty Dozen (Dirty Dozen Narcissism) DDN Jonason & Webster 2010 Cross-sectional: Klimstra et al., (2020, Study 1)
Longitudinal: Klimstra et al., (2020, Study 2)
Psychological Entitlement Scale PES Campbell et al. 2004 Cross-sectional: Wilson & Sibley (2011, Study 1)
Alcohol Use Disorder and Associated Disabilities Interview Schedule – Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition DSM-IV NPD Ruan et al. 2008 Cross-sectional: Pulay et al. (2011), Stinson et al. (2008)
Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire NARQ Back et al. 2013
Single Item Narcissism Scale SINS Konrath et al. 2014
Brief version of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory B-PNI Schoenleber et al. 2015