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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pers Soc Psychol. 2011 Jul;101(1):185–201. doi: 10.1037/a0023781

Table 2.

Study 1: Correlations between the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) and Others’ Perceptions, Self-Perceptions, Meta-Perceptions, and Bias Scores

Correlations between Narcissism and Perceptions of Traits
Correlations between Narcissism and Bias Scores

First Impression
Close Other
First Impression
Close Other
Self-Perception Other-Perception Meta-Perception Other-Perception Meta-Perception Self-Other Bias Meta-Other Bias Self-Other Bias Meta-Other Bias




r β β r r β β r r





Big Five Traits
 Extraverted .43*** .13 .22** .27*** .30*** .35*** .16* .34*** .16*
 Agreeable −.25*** −.08 −.10 −.20** −.18** −.19* −.11 −.18* −.10
 Conscientious .19** .01 .12 .01 .17* .20** .11 .21** .19**
 Emotionally Stable .16* .11 .16* .09 .09 .22** .17* .14 .05
 Open .17* .04 .04 .00 .11 .22** .03 .19** .13
Positive Traits
 Well-Being .22** .06 .21** .10 .15* .24** .22** .20** .11
 Intelligent .31*** .13 .11 .01 .13 .27*** .10 .31*** .14
 Physically Attractive .39*** .15* .29*** −.02 .20** .33*** .26** .41*** .23**
 Honest .08 −.01 .01 −.11 −.02 .08 .01 .09 .01
 Likeable .29*** .13 .12 −.12 .04 .24** .10 .32*** .08
 Funny .25*** .26** .16* −.04 .25*** .31*** .13 .28*** .28***
Narcissistic Traits
 Impulsive .15* .14 .10 .15* .15* .08 .08 .11 .11
 Exaggerates Abilities .19** −.02 .17* .15* .22** .15* .17* .18* .21**
 Arrogant .26*** .02 .20* .26*** .24** .32*** .19* .21** .17*
 Power-Oriented .38*** .05 .23** .27*** .31*** .37*** .23** .34*** .26***

Note.

p < .10;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001.

βs can be interpreted as correlations.