Narcissism

Narcissism – 12 items

• I can become absorbed in thinking about my personal affairs, my health, my care or my relations to others
• My feelings are easily hurt by ridicule or by the slighting remarks of others
• When I enter a room I often become self‐conscious and feel that the eyes of others are upon me
• I dislike sharing the credit of an achievement with others
• I dislike being with a group unless that I am appreciated by at least one of those present (R)
• I feel that I am temperamentally different from most people (R)
• I often interpret the remarks of others in a personal way
• I easily become wrapped up in my own interests and forget the existence of others
• I feel that I have enough in my hands without worrying about other people’s troubles
• I am secretly “put out” when other people come to me with their troubles, asking me for my time and sympathy
• I talk a good deal about myself, my experiences, my feelings, and my ideas (R)
• I have great faith in my own ideas and my own initiative (R)

Hendin, H. M., & Cheek, J. M. (1997). Assessing hypersensitive narcissism: A reexamination of Murray’s Narcism Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 31( 4), 588– 599.