Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study
Introduction Few is known regarding the intervening variables between pathological narcissism and sadism personality. Specifically, envy is a psychoanalytical construct that appears especially promising in illuminating such relationships. Objectives To extend the knowledge regarding the nomologica...
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Introduction
Few is known regarding the intervening variables between pathological narcissism and sadism personality. Specifically, envy is a psychoanalytical construct that appears especially promising in illuminating such relationships.
Objectives
To extend the knowledge regarding the nomological network of pathological narcissism.
Methods
We administered to a sample of Italian adults a battery of self-report questionnaires including the Italian version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale, the Assessment of Narcissistic Personality, The Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Pathological Narcissism Inventory.
Results
First, the Italian version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale showed good fit indexes confirming the original factorial structure as well as configural invariance. We found that only the grandiosity facet of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory, the Rivalry subscale of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Malicious subscale of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale positively and significantly predicted Assessment of Narcissistic Personality scores. Moreover, throughout a structural equation modeling approach, the hypothesis that rivalry and malicious envy both mediate the relationship between grandiosity and sadism was empirically supported.
Conclusions
The use of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale resulted to be promising in the investigation of the nomological network of pathological narcissism. Limitations and future directions are discussed.
Disclosure
No significant relationships.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9f122c9ecc04d5c8a8d9ad40c8bbdb22023-11-17T05:06:53ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852022-06-0165S667S66710.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.1715Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical studyF. Faccini0G. Rogier1R. Cavalli2P. Velotti3University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, ItalyUniversity of Genoa, Department Of Educational Sciences, Genoa, ItalyUniversity of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, ItalyUniversity of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy Introduction Few is known regarding the intervening variables between pathological narcissism and sadism personality. Specifically, envy is a psychoanalytical construct that appears especially promising in illuminating such relationships. Objectives To extend the knowledge regarding the nomological network of pathological narcissism. Methods We administered to a sample of Italian adults a battery of self-report questionnaires including the Italian version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale, the Assessment of Narcissistic Personality, The Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Pathological Narcissism Inventory. Results First, the Italian version of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale showed good fit indexes confirming the original factorial structure as well as configural invariance. We found that only the grandiosity facet of the Pathological Narcissism Inventory, the Rivalry subscale of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire and the Malicious subscale of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale positively and significantly predicted Assessment of Narcissistic Personality scores. Moreover, throughout a structural equation modeling approach, the hypothesis that rivalry and malicious envy both mediate the relationship between grandiosity and sadism was empirically supported. Conclusions The use of the Benign and Malicious Envy Scale resulted to be promising in the investigation of the nomological network of pathological narcissism. Limitations and future directions are discussed. Disclosure No significant relationships. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822017151/type/journal_articlenarcissismenvyRivalry |
| spellingShingle | F. Faccini G. Rogier R. Cavalli P. Velotti Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study European Psychiatry narcissism envy Rivalry |
| title | Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study |
| title_full | Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study |
| title_fullStr | Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study |
| title_short | Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study |
| title_sort | considering envy and rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism an empirical study |
| topic | narcissism envy Rivalry |
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