The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) in Transitional Post-War Croatia: Psychometric and Cultural Considerations |
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Authors: | Nenad Jakšić Goran Milas Ena Ivezić Anja Wertag Nataša Jokić-Begić Aaron L. Pincus |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Ki?pati?eva 12, 10 000, Zagreb, Croatia 2. Institute of Social Sciences “Ivo Pilar”, Zagreb, Croatia 3. Psychiatric Hospital “Sveti Ivan”, Zagreb, Croatia 4. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia 5. Department of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
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Abstract: | The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed measure for assessing grandiose and vulnerable themes of narcissistic pathology. The aim of this study was to validate the PNI in the transitional post-war Croatian society by examining its psychometric properties and factor structure in a sample of Croatian university students (N?=?651). The participants filled out several self-report measures of narcissism, as well as measures of trait emotional stability and negative emotional states. Findings of this study supported the existence of seven first-order and two second-order factors of the PNI, invariant across genders. Additionally, all the subscales had good reliability coefficients, while the associations with other measures supported the concurrent validity of the instrument. These findings support the use of the PNI in a transitional post-war society and emphasize certain aspects of cross-cultural stability of pathological narcissism, although some cross-cultural variants should be considered when applying this measure in different cultural settings. |
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