[ Sorry...fixing a double cut-and-paste in my earlier Send ] Just for fun, here is a shortened version of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory test used in this study that you can take online. My score was as follows, although some here are so narcissistic that they'll claim I am just trying to fuck with them. :-)
Your Total: 3 Between 12 and 15 is average. Celebrities often score closer to 18. Narcissists score over 20. - See more and take the test yourself at: http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/narcissistic.htm <http://psychcentral.com/quizzes/narcissistic.htm> An even shorter version of the test. :-) Symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder In order for a person to be diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) they must meet five or more of the following symptoms: * Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements) * Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love * Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions) * Requires excessive admiration * Has a very strong sense of entitlement, e.g., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations * Is exploitative of others, e.g., takes advantage of others to achieve his or her own ends * Lacks empathy, e.g., is unwilling to recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others * Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him or her * Regularly shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes --- In [email protected], "TurquoiseB" wrote: > > My Google search earlier for images related to narcissism turned up this fascinating chart, distilled from the study at the link below it. I don't know about anyone else, but I'd love to see where various gurus and self-proclaimed spiritual teachers rank on this scale when measured using the Narcissistic Personality Index. I would suspect that they'd "outrank" the Reality TV stars, if for no other reason than that reality often has nothing to do with the way they see the world. :-) http://www.csub.edu/~cgavin/GST153/CelebrityStudy.pdf <http://www.csub.edu/%7Ecgavin/GST153/CelebrityStudy.pdf>
