Table 2.

Comparison of Upper and Lower Performance Groups with Sub-Dimensions of Anxiety and Narcissism^a

	Group	n	χ̄	t	P
Anxiety	up-	30	6.10 (4.01)	−3.75	.000
	Sub-	29	9.86 (3.69)
Narcissism	up-	30	181.27 (16.74)	4.19	.000
	Sub-	29	161.90 (18.76)
Approval seeking	up-	30	15.37 (2.11)	4.07	.000b
	Sub-	29	12.97 (2.41)
Arrogance	up-	30	12.37 (2.58)	4.32	.000b
	Sub-	29	10.00 (1.51)
Leader/authority	up-	30	12.17 (1.88)	3.71	.000b
	Sub-	29	10.48 (1.60)
Insecurity	up-	30	13.07 (1.68)	2.378	.021c
	Sub-	29	11.83 (2.27)
Claim	up-	30	13.63 (2.04)	5.13	.000b
	Sub-	29	11.03 (1.85)
Exhibitionism	up-	30	10.43 (1.91)	3.85	.000b
	Sub-	29	8.35 (2.26)
Exploitation	up-	30	11.93 (2.27)	1.33	.188
	Sub-	29	11.17 (2.11)
Dreams of Grandiosity	up-	30	10.10 (1.92)	−0.89	.380
	Sub-	29	10.59 (2.29)
Indifference	up-	30	12.40 (2.67)	3.31	.002b
	Sub-	29	10.14 (2.58)
Lack of empathy	up-	30	11.90 (2.43)	2.46	.017c
	Sub-	29	10.38 (2.32)
Manipulativity	up-	30	10.47 (2.60)	1.44	.157
	Sub-	29	9.48 (2.67)
Need for admiration	up-	30	9.00 (2.82)	−1.72	.091
	sub	29	10.35 (3.19)
Reactive anger/anger	up-	30	13.33 (2.63)	0.35	.729
	sub	29	9.48 (2.44)
Shame	up-	30	13.13 (1.81)	1.86	.068
	Sub-	29	12.03 (2.63)
Adventurism	up-	30	11.97 (1.71)	4.13	.000b
	Sub-	29	10.00 (1.95)

^at-test table.

^bP < .001.

^cP < .05.