A look at attention, entitlement, and the sting of criticism. Grandiose and vulnerable patterns are both in the mix.
About this test
The Narcissistic Personality Inventory, including the short NPI-16 (Ames, Rose, and Anderson), grew out of Raskin and Hall's work on grandiose narcissism: authority, exhibition, superiority, entitlement, exploitativeness, self-sufficiency, and vanity. Later work, including Miller and Campbell, argues that a vulnerable pattern — shame, hypersensitivity, quiet entitlement — is not the same thing. These original items sample both. They are not the NPI, and a high score is not a clinical finding.
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What this test asks
In a group decision, I like being the person whose view sets the tone.
I am at ease when someone else receives the credit for work I helped do.
If a story of mine lands and nobody looks up, the evening feels thinner.
My read of a situation is usually sharper than the reads around me.
I am owed more recognition than the last year has given me.
Other people do not have to treat my goals as more urgent than their own.
I notice myself steering a group toward my preference without saying that is what I am doing.
I would rather look complete than tell someone I need help.
Before I will be seen, I spend real time making sure the surface looks impressive.
A small critique can feel like a public unveiling, even when the point was minor.
I can enjoy a friend's win without measuring it against mine.
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