Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale (HSNS)
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
The HSNS is a 10-item scale measuring a covert aspect of Narcism, while the well known NPI measures a more overt dimension of Narcism (Hendin & Cheek, 1997) . We view the covert ‘‘face’’ of narcissism as assessed by the HSNS to be one of many facets of the higher order construct that Maslow (1942) labeled psychological insecurity and that has been more recently called negative emotionality (e.g., Waller, Tellegen, McDonald, & Lykken, 1996)…​
Sample item(s)
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Source & citation
Hendin, H.M., & Cheek, J.M. (1997). Assessing Hypersensitive Narcissism: A Re-examination of Murray's Narcissism Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 31 , 588-599. | http://academics.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Cheek/hsns_text.html
http://academics.wellesley.edu/Psychology/Cheek/hsns_text.html
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