Table 4.
Correlations between Narcissism (and its facets) and Four Behavioral Categories
| Total (N=79) |
Males (n=37) |
Females (n=42) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPI | LA | SS | SA | EE | NPI | LA | SS | SA | EE | NPI | LA | SS | SA | EE | |
| Extraverted Acts | |||||||||||||||
| Talking | .10 | .09 | .27* | .18 | −.01 | .00 | −.02 | .39* | .12 | −.22 | .23 | .22 | .15 | .27 | .23 |
| Being in a Group | .22* | .11 | .16 | .34** | .09 | −.09 | .01 | −.02 | −.01 | −.12 | .44** | .18 | .29 | .61** | .23 |
| Socializing | .27* | .17 | .24* | .37** | .01 | .13 | .17 | .22 | .25 | −.09 | .38* | .17 | .26 | .50** | .10 |
| Friend Words (LIWC) | .27* | .24* | .20 | .29* | .11 | .18 | .14 | .07 | .14 | .21 | .39* | .34* | .32* | .50** | .08 |
| Aggregate | .29** | .21 | .30** | .40** | .07 | .08 | .11 | .23 | .18 | −.08 | .48** | .30 | .33* | .62** | .21 |
| Disagreeable Acts | |||||||||||||||
| Arguing | .22* | .14 | .17 | .13 | .15 | .37 | .24 | .45** | .37* | .13 | .27 | .16 | .12 | .17 | .27 |
| Swear Words (LIWC) | .17 | .20 | −.02 | .24* | .31* | .12 | .10 | −.03 | .19 | .31 | .19 | .34* | −.02 | .22 | .23 |
| Anger Words (LIWC) | .21 | .25* | .01 | .28* | .30** | .15 | .16 | .01 | .21 | .27 | .25 | .35* | .01 | .31* | .29 |
| Aggregate | .28* | .27* | .07 | .30* | .35** | .21 | .17 | .07 | .27 | .32 | .33* | .36* | .07 | .30* | .36* |
| Academic Disengagement | |||||||||||||||
| Attending Class (rev.) | .16 | .05 | −.01 | .23* | .38** | .04 | .00 | −.25 | .17 | .33* | .18 | .05 | .14 | .20 | .34* |
| Sexual Language Use | |||||||||||||||
| Sexual Words (LIWC) | .31** | .32** | .02 | .26* | .41** | .35* | .29 | .02 | .33* | .52** | .27 | .34* | .02 | .18 | .33* |
Note:
*
p < .05,
**
p < .01. LIWC = variable coded in the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count. NPI = Narcissistic Personality Inventory; [facets: LA = Leadership/Authority; SS = Self-Absorption/Self-Admiration; SA = Superiority/Arrogance; EE = Exploitativeness/Entitlement.]. Rev. = reverse scored.