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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 2.

Correlations and Descriptive Statistics for the Narcissism Scales of Study 1

Construct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

1.) NPI-Total 0.86 4838 4837 4835 2722 2724 3650 3646 4811 4811 4810 4050 3651 3647 3649 3650 3651 3650 3651 3652 3652
2.) NPI LA 0.845 0.76 4837 4835 2722 2724 3650 3646 4811 4811 4810 4050 3651 3647 3649 3650 3651 3650 3651 3652 3652
3.) NPI GE 0.757 0.47 0.74 4834 2722 2724 3650 3646 4810 4810 4809 4050 3651 3647 3649 3650 3651 3650 3651 3652 3652
4.) NPI EE 0.525 0.33 0.265 0.51 2721 2724 3649 3645 4809 4809 4808 4050 3650 3646 3648 3649 3650 3649 3650 3651 3651
5.) HSNS 0.107 .000b 0.097 0.298 0.73 3129 3130 3128 2722 2722 2722 3120 2723 2722 2721 2723 2723 2723 2723 2723 2723
6.) DD Narcissism 0.471 0.319 0.455 0.331 0.382 0.73 3131 3128 2723 2723 2723 3121 2724 2723 2722 2723 2723 2725 2724 2725 2725
7.) PES 0.389 0.271 0.304 0.381 0.329 0.443 0.64 4053 3647 3647 3646 4045 3650 3648 3648 3649 3650 3650 3650 3651 3651
8.) DSM-IV NPD 0.504 0.352 0.386 0.479 0.421 0.478 0.467 0.78 3648 3648 3647 4044 3648 3645 3646 3647 3647 3647 3648 3648 3648
9.) NARQ 0.559 0.395 0.446 0.456 0.42 0.559 0.513 0.537 0.75 4836 4835 4052 3648 3645 3646 3648 3649 3648 3648 3649 3649
10.) NARQ Admiration 0.458 0.455 0.47 0.297 0.257 0.507 0.46 0.444 0.839 0.72 4835 4052 3648 3645 3646 3648 3649 3648 3648 3649 3649
11.) NARQ Rivalry 0.357 0.197 0.269 0.465 0.442 0.414 0.386 0.443 0.823 0.382 0.72 4051 3647 3645 3645 3647 3648 3648 3647 3648 3648
12.) SINS 0.352 0.226 0.341 0.31 0.292 0.365 0.301 0.411 0.392 0.276 0.368 N/A 4043 4040 4041 4044 4044 4043 4043 4044 4045
13.) PNI CSE .008b −0.102 0.065 0.195 0.524 0.433 0.213 0.267 0.313 0.151 0.374 0.189 0.84 4063 4065 4065 4064 4065 4067 4067 4067
14.) PNI EXP 0.502 0.397 0.271 0.351 0.202 0.371 0.27 0.334 0.402 0.338 0.326 0.284 0.145 0.78 4062 4062 4061 4063 4063 4063 4063
15.) PNI SSSE 0.171 0.125 0.145 0.075 0.254 0.388 0.179 0.245 0.319 0.358 0.163 0.103 0.415 0.232 0.7 4063 4062 4063 4065 4065 4065
16.) PNI HS −.038a −0.061 −0.105 0.117 0.372 0.15 0.115 0.178 0.151 0.078 0.173 0.109 0.434 0.201 0.31 0.75 4064 4064 4065 4065 4066
17.) PNI GF 0.257 0.187 0.2 0.203 0.383 0.464 0.287 0.372 0.403 0.377 0.285 0.229 0.42 0.292 0.462 0.355 0.79 4064 4064 4065 4065
18.) PNI DEV 0.154 0.051 0.105 0.316 0.507 0.376 0.342 0.401 0.41 0.272 0.41 0.248 0.576 0.264 0.372 0.466 0.4 0.75 4065 4066 4066
19.) PNI ER 0.381 0.232 0.307 0.439 0.531 0.558 0.487 0.526 0.593 0.467 0.515 0.349 0.553 0.377 0.419 0.345 0.479 0.629 0.73 4067 4067
20.) PNI Grandiosity 0.42 0.321 0.278 0.286 0.376 0.545 0.332 0.428 0.504 0.478 0.351 0.281 0.437 0.691 0.736 0.39 0.802 0.464 0.573 0.81 4068
21.) PNI Vulnerability 0.151 .030b 0.112 0.329 0.615 0.48 0.358 0.426 0.457 0.299 0.461 0.279 0.822 0.306 0.479 0.714 0.522 0.838 0.789 0.587 0.89
M 1.378 1.44 1.365 1.229 2.839 2.787 3.119 0.375 2.764 3.273 2.254 2.57 3.079 3.217 3.863 3.63 3.705 2.775 2.946 3.596 3.108
SD 0.178 0.262 0.254 0.268 0.619 0.817 1.255 0.208 0.899 1.107 1.054 1.547 1.195 1.08 0.97 1.117 1.141 1.051 1.036 0.793 0.871

Note. NPI: Narcissistic Personality Inventory; LA: Leadership/Authority; GE: Grandiose Exhibitionism; EE: Entitlement/Exploitiveness; DD: Dirty Dozen; PES: Psychological Entitlement Scale; DSM-IV NPD: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Narcissistic Personality Disorder; NARQ: Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire; SINS: Single-item Narcissism Scale; PNI: Pathological Narcissism Inventory; CSE: Contingent Self-esteem; EXP: Exploitativeness; SSSE: Self-sacrificing Self-enhancement; HS: Hiding the Self; GF: Grandiose Fantasy; DEV: Devaluing; ER: Entitlement Rage; Sample sizes for each bivariate correlation are presented in the upper diagonal. Cronbach's alphas are presented in the diagonal. All correlations without a subscript are significant at p < .01.

a

= p < .05

b

= p > .05.