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Narcissistic Personality Inventory – 13 (NPI-13)

Portuguese version

Pechorro, P., Nunes, C., Gonçalves, R., Simões, M., & Oliveira, J.P. (2019). Estudo de validação do Inventário de Personalidade Narcísica – 13 em uma amostra escolar de jovens portugueses [Validation study of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory – 13 among a school sample of Portuguese youths]. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicológica, 50(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.21865/RIDEP50.1.06

Original version

Gentile, B., Miller, J., Hoffman, B., Reidy, D., Zeichner, A., & Campbell, W. (2013). A test of two brief measures of grandiose narcissism: The Narcissistic Personality Inventory-13 and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16. Psychological Assessment, 25(4), 1120–1136. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033192.

Theoretical background

The NPI-13 is a short 13-item version of the original Narcissistic Personality Inventory, considered the most widely used measure of trait narcissism. The NPI-13 consists of three factors: Leadership/Authority, Grandiose Exhibitionism, and Entitlement/Exploitativeness. Items can be used with a forced-choice/dichotomous format or a 4-point ordinal format. Higher scores indicate higher levels of narcissism.

Description

Assessment Domain: Narcissism.

Type of Instrument: Self-report questionnaire.

Number of items: 13 items.

Application: Individual, 3 minutes.

Dimensions

The NPI-13 consists of three factors: Leadership/Authority, Grandiose Exhibitionism, and Entitlement/Exploitativeness.

Contacts

Pedro Pechorro (ppechorro@gmail.com)

References

  1. Pechorro, P., Nunes, C., Gonçalves, R., Simões, M., & Oliveira, J.P. (2019). Estudo de validação do Inventário de Personalidade Narcísica – 13 em uma amostra escolar de jovens portugueses [Validation study of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory – 13 among a school sample of Portuguese youths]. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicológica, 50(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.21865/RIDEP50.1.06
  2. Pechorro, P., Maroco, J., Ray, J., Gonçalves, R. A., & Nunes, C. (2018). A brief measure of narcissism among female juvenile delinquents and community youths: The Narcissistic Personality Inventory – 13. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 62, 2292–2311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17700855
  3. Pechorro, P., Gentile, B., Ray, J., Nunes, C., & Gonçalves, R. (2016). Adaptation of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory among Portuguese juvenile offenders. Psychology, Crime & Law, 22, 495-511. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2016.1168421