The Narcissistic
Personality Inventory (NPI) was developed in 1979 by Raskin and Hall, and
since then, has become one of the most widely utilized personality measures for
non-clinical levels of the trait narcissism. Since its initial development, the
NPI has evolved from 220 items to the more commonly employed NPI-40
(1984) and NPI-16 (2006), as well as the novel NPI-1 inventory (2014). Derived
from the DSM-III criteria for Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), the NPI
has been employed heavily by personality and social psychology researchers.
The NPI is not intended for use in diagnosing
Narcissistic personality disorder. Rather, it is often said to measure
"normal" or "subclinical" (borderline) narcissism (i.e., in
people who score very high on the NPI do not necessarily meet all criteria for
diagnosis with NPD).
In this post, we will present the shorter NPI version
NPI-16
Instructions
In each of the following pairs of attitudes‚ choose the
one that you MOST AGREE with. Mark your answer by writing EITHER A or B in the
space provided. If you do not identify with either statement‚ select the one
which is least objectionable or remote. In other words, read each pair of
statements and then choose the one that is closer to your own feelings. Only
mark ONE ANSWER for each attitude pair.
Questions
Analysis
To score:
* For each of the following where you answered A give
yourself one point:
1‚ 3‚ 6‚ 8‚ 9‚ 11‚ 14‚ 16
* For each of the following where you answered B give
yourself one point:
2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7‚ 10‚ 12‚ 13‚ 15
* Calculate the total score – number of points.
* Calculate the ratio of your score to the total number
of questions.
Naturally, the higher the ratio is – more obvious are the
narcissi traits in your personality.
