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. 2014 Aug 5;9(8):e103469. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103469

Table 3. Summary of SINS results.

Measure Correlation with Single-Item Narcissism Scale (current research) Correlation with 4-item narcissism scale (prior research) [42]
General properties
Other narcissism measures Study 1, NPI-40: r = .40*** NPI-40: r = .46**
Study 2, NPI-16: r = .45***
Study 7, NPI-16: r = .50**
Study 8, NPI-16: r = .48***
Study 10, NPI-40: r = .29***
Study 10, HSNS: r = .44***
Study 10, PNI: r = .41***
Study 10, FFNI: r = 43***
Study 11, NPI-40: r = .28***
Test-retest reliability Study 3: r = .79*** (11 days) r = .87*** (3 weeks)
Study 9: r = .78*** (12 days)
Discriminant validity: Right Wing Authoritarianism Study 1: r = .11
Demographic variables
Gender Study 1–4, 6: Males  =  females Males > females
Study 7, 9, 10: Males > females
Study 5: Gender not reported
Study 8: 100% female sample
Age Study 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8: Not applicable – college student samples
Study 2: r = −.17∼
Study 6: r = −.09
Study 9: r = −.19***
Study 10: r = −.24***
Study 11: r = .12∼
Intrapersonal outcomes
Social desirability Study 1: r = −.23*
Study 7: r = −.26
Individualism Study 1, Triandis: r = .26**
(independent self-construal) Study 2, Singelis: r = .20*
Collectivism Study 1, Triandis: r = −.22*
(interdependent self-construal) Study 2, Singelis: r = .03
Positive affect Study 1: r = .24*
Negative affect Study 1: r = .34*
Self-esteem Study 4, Rosenberg SE: r = .08 Rosenberg SE: r = −.13*
Study 5, Rosenberg SE: r = .21* Single-Item SE: r = −.03
Study 7, Rosenberg: r = .00
Study 8, Rosenberg: r = .05
Study 10, Rosenberg: r = −.20**
Depressive symptoms Study 4: r = −.16∼
Openness Study 4: r = .02 r = .15*
Conscientiousness Study 4: r = −.08 r = −.17**
Extraversion Study 4: r = .20* r = .15*
Agreeableness Study 4: r = −.29** r = −.17**
Neuroticism Study 4: r = −.02 r = −.10
Risk taking Study 6: r = .19**
Reward preferences Study 9, non-social rewards: r = .20***
Study 9, social rewards: r = −.26***
Interpersonal outcomes
Aggressive behavior Study 5: SINS associated with more aggressive behavior, after a delay Self-reported aggressive traits
(i.e. Block 2 but not Block 1 of aggression trials). Physical aggressiveness: r = .13
Hostility: r = .44**
Anger: r = .12
Verbal aggressiveness: r = .06
Sexual behavior Study 6: Short-term mating orientation: r = .34**
Sexual sensation seeking: r = .16** Long-term mating orientation: r = .06
Number of partners in past year: r = .16** Sexual experience: r = .22**
SINS more willing to have sex with stranger * Sociosexual orientation: r = .21**
SINS more one night stands *
SINS less committed relationships **
Salary entitlement Study 7: r = .54**
Empathy Study 8, IRI Empathic Concern: r = −.26**
Study 8, IRI Perspective Taking: r = −.19*
Study 8, IRI Personal Distress: r = .14∼
Study 8: IRI Fantasy: r = −.06
Study 10, IRI Empathic Concern: r = −.46***
Study 10, IRI Perspective Taking: r = −.26***
Prosocial behavior Study 11: SINS associated with less prosocial behavior after an ego threat

Note: ∼p<.11, *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001.