Narcissism Test

[Kanra Jest]

What if you're a narcissist and don't want to be one? This got me to thinking, do narcissist choose to be that way? And can they change it if they wanted too? I know a few sociopaths that know they are sociopathic and have openly had a moment of regret, however the urge to be an asshole is so overwhelming. I think narcissist are more openly dangerous verbally while sociopaths keep more to themselves and plot your demise behind the scenes. :backout:

They are fascinating creatures aren't they... and more than meets the eye. You just have to wade through all the demonic accusations to get to something neutral and informative other than "Beware those Monsters" "Alienate! Alienate!" ect

 

[Littleclaypot]

4 out of 40.. highest was "vanity"..
Baby, I know.

 

[Frosty]

5/40 highest at self sufficiency

 

[Galena]

Still 13, mostly vanity.

 

[tchudak]

24 out of 40.

Max: Exploitativeness
High: Authority, Entitlement, Self-suffiency and Superiority
Low: Exhibitionism and Vanity

 

[Norrsken]

These are your results on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory.

Your score is 8, out of 40. Higher scores indicate greater levels of narcissism.

Below is a graph of how other people have scored on this test.


Your score was higher than 29.8 of the sample. The people who have found this online test are probably not that representative of the general population though, so the averages from a few other groups are tabled below.

Sample Score
US University undergraduates (Raskin and Terry, 1988) 15.6
US Adults (Pinsky and Young, 2009) 15.3
US Celebrities (Pinsky and Young, 2009) 17.8

Be careful that you do not take these scores as absolute norms for the specific groups though, measuring a norm is very tricky and may not even exist. For example, scores on the NPI among university students have been increasing allmost since it was first developed. Below are two figures taken from Twenge et. al. (2008) showing NPI scores for American undergraduate samples across time.

In addition to the primary score, investigation into the structure of the NPI has found that there are seven different "facets". Your scores for each are graphed below.

 

[Morpeko]

26/40

89.2nd percentile apparently.