Reliability, Validity and Invariance of the Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children-Revised (NPQC-R)

Rebecca P. Ang; Adrian Raine

doi:10.1007/s10862-008-9112-2

Reliability, Validity and Invariance of the Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children-Revised (NPQC-R)

Rebecca P. Ang, Adrian Raine

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Abstract

Using confirmatory factor analysis, this study compared the 4-factor 18-item Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children (NPQC) and the 2-factor, 12-item Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire for Children-Revised (NPQC-R). Support was found for the 2-factor structure of the 12-item NPQC-R using two independent adolescent school-based samples (n∈=∈479 and n∈=∈470). The 2-factor NPQC-R model (i.e., Superiority, Exploitativeness) showed a better fit in both adolescent samples than the alternative 4-factor NPQC model. There was strong support for NPQC-R's invariance across gender and age. The NPQC-R was found to have reasonable internal consistency estimates, test-retest reliability estimates, and adequate convergent and discriminant validity estimates. Collectively, these results support the utility of the NPQC-R as a measure of narcissism in children and adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-151
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-008-9112-2
Publication status	Published - Sept 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Clinical Psychology

Keywords

Adolescents
Invariance
Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis
Narcissism

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