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Research paper thumbnail of Correction to "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, Jan 27, 2015

In our article "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological... more In our article "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory" (2012), we provided incorrect values for the rcontrast-cv coefficients we presented in Table 1. In the current report, we provide correct rcontrast-cv values in Table 1 and discuss the implications of our updated results, particularly with respect to how these results differ from our initial report.

Research paper thumbnail of THE PANTHEORETICAL NATURE OF MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PREDICT INTERPERSONAL ADJUSTMENT IN A NONCLINICAL SAMPLE

Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2011

... Lukowitsky, Mark R. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, P... more ... Lukowitsky, Mark R. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, US. Pincus, Aaron L. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, US. ... Bernier, A., & Dozier, M. (2002). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, 2012

In this study we evaluated aspects of criterion validity and clinical utility of the grandiosity ... more In this study we evaluated aspects of criterion validity and clinical utility of the grandiosity and vulnerability components of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) using two undergraduate samples (Ns = 299, 500). Criterion validity was assessed by evaluating the correlations of narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability with established indices of normal personality traits, psychopathology and clinical concerns, and pathological personality traits. Overall, the pattern of correlations supported the convergent and discriminate validity of grandiose and vulnerable conceptualizations of pathological narcissism as measured by the PNI. Clinical utility was assessed by evaluating the extent to which clinicians without specific training in pathological narcissism as well as clinicians with expertise in pathological narcissism could accurately predict the correlates of PNI grandiosity and vulnerability with normal and pathological personality traits and psychopathology. The r contrast-cv coefficient provided a global index of accuracy in clinicians' predictions that was more fully elaborated by examining systematic discrepancies across groups. Overall, novice and expert clinicians were generally able to predict criterion correlations, with some exceptions (e.g., counter to predictions, pathological narcissism was negatively associated with treatment resistance). These results provide further evidence regarding the validity and utility of the narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability constructs as measured by the PNI.

Research paper thumbnail of Enduring Dispositions as Points of Contact for the Social–Clinical Interface: Publication Trends From 1965 to 2004

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The interpersonal nexus of persons, situations, and psychopathology

Journal of Research in Personality, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of The Higher Order Factor Structure and Gender Invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, 2010

The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed multidimensional inventory fo... more The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed multidimensional inventory for the assessment of pathological narcissism. The authors describe and report the results of two studies that investigate the higher order factor structure and gender invariance of the PNI. The results of the first study indicate that the PNI has a higher order factor structure that conforms to the theoretical structure of pathological narcissism with one factor representing narcissistic grandiosity and the other capturing narcissistic vulnerability. These results uniquely place the PNI as the only measure to broadly assess the two phenotypic themes of pathological narcissism. In the second study, results from tests of measurement invariance indicate that the PNI performs similarly in large samples of men (n = 488) and women (n = 495). These results further establish the psychometric properties of the PNI and suggest that it is well suited for the assessment of pathological narcissism.

Research paper thumbnail of Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2010

We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) a... more We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and describe a significant criterion problem related to four inconsistencies in phenotypic descriptions and taxonomic models across clinical theory, research, and practice; psychiatric diagnosis; and social/personality psychology. This impedes scientific synthesis, weakens narcissism's nomological net, and contributes to a discrepancy between low prevalence rates of NPD and higher rates of practitionerdiagnosed pathological narcissism, along with an enormous clinical literature on narcissistic disturbances. Criterion issues must be resolved, including clarification of the nature of normal and pathological narcissism, incorporation of the two broad phenotypic themes of narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability into revised diagnostic criteria and assessment instruments, elimination of references to overt and covert narcissism that reify these modes of expression as distinct narcissistic types, and determination of the appropriate structure for pathological narcissism. Implications for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the science of personality disorders are presented.

Research paper thumbnail of Correction to "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, Jan 27, 2015

In our article "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological... more In our article "Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory" (2012), we provided incorrect values for the rcontrast-cv coefficients we presented in Table 1. In the current report, we provide correct rcontrast-cv values in Table 1 and discuss the implications of our updated results, particularly with respect to how these results differ from our initial report.

Research paper thumbnail of THE PANTHEORETICAL NATURE OF MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PREDICT INTERPERSONAL ADJUSTMENT IN A NONCLINICAL SAMPLE

Psychoanalytic Psychology, 2011

... Lukowitsky, Mark R. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, P... more ... Lukowitsky, Mark R. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, US. Pincus, Aaron L. Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, US. ... Bernier, A., & Dozier, M. (2002). ...

Research paper thumbnail of Evidence for the Criterion Validity and Clinical Utility of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, 2012

In this study we evaluated aspects of criterion validity and clinical utility of the grandiosity ... more In this study we evaluated aspects of criterion validity and clinical utility of the grandiosity and vulnerability components of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) using two undergraduate samples (Ns = 299, 500). Criterion validity was assessed by evaluating the correlations of narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability with established indices of normal personality traits, psychopathology and clinical concerns, and pathological personality traits. Overall, the pattern of correlations supported the convergent and discriminate validity of grandiose and vulnerable conceptualizations of pathological narcissism as measured by the PNI. Clinical utility was assessed by evaluating the extent to which clinicians without specific training in pathological narcissism as well as clinicians with expertise in pathological narcissism could accurately predict the correlates of PNI grandiosity and vulnerability with normal and pathological personality traits and psychopathology. The r contrast-cv coefficient provided a global index of accuracy in clinicians' predictions that was more fully elaborated by examining systematic discrepancies across groups. Overall, novice and expert clinicians were generally able to predict criterion correlations, with some exceptions (e.g., counter to predictions, pathological narcissism was negatively associated with treatment resistance). These results provide further evidence regarding the validity and utility of the narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability constructs as measured by the PNI.

Research paper thumbnail of Enduring Dispositions as Points of Contact for the Social–Clinical Interface: Publication Trends From 1965 to 2004

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The interpersonal nexus of persons, situations, and psychopathology

Journal of Research in Personality, 2009

Research paper thumbnail of The Higher Order Factor Structure and Gender Invariance of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory

Assessment, 2010

The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed multidimensional inventory fo... more The Pathological Narcissism Inventory (PNI) is a recently developed multidimensional inventory for the assessment of pathological narcissism. The authors describe and report the results of two studies that investigate the higher order factor structure and gender invariance of the PNI. The results of the first study indicate that the PNI has a higher order factor structure that conforms to the theoretical structure of pathological narcissism with one factor representing narcissistic grandiosity and the other capturing narcissistic vulnerability. These results uniquely place the PNI as the only measure to broadly assess the two phenotypic themes of pathological narcissism. In the second study, results from tests of measurement invariance indicate that the PNI performs similarly in large samples of men (n = 488) and women (n = 495). These results further establish the psychometric properties of the PNI and suggest that it is well suited for the assessment of pathological narcissism.

Research paper thumbnail of Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 2010

We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) a... more We review the literature on pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and describe a significant criterion problem related to four inconsistencies in phenotypic descriptions and taxonomic models across clinical theory, research, and practice; psychiatric diagnosis; and social/personality psychology. This impedes scientific synthesis, weakens narcissism's nomological net, and contributes to a discrepancy between low prevalence rates of NPD and higher rates of practitionerdiagnosed pathological narcissism, along with an enormous clinical literature on narcissistic disturbances. Criterion issues must be resolved, including clarification of the nature of normal and pathological narcissism, incorporation of the two broad phenotypic themes of narcissistic grandiosity and narcissistic vulnerability into revised diagnostic criteria and assessment instruments, elimination of references to overt and covert narcissism that reify these modes of expression as distinct narcissistic types, and determination of the appropriate structure for pathological narcissism. Implications for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the science of personality disorders are presented.