Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students

Objective: The Communal Narcissism Inventory (CNI) was applied to college students to explore the factor structure of the scale under the background of Chinese culture, and to test its reliability and validity. Methods: 949 university students were measured with CNI scale. The prosocial behavior sca...

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Main Authors: Zimi Li, Xiangkui Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-10-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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description Objective: The Communal Narcissism Inventory (CNI) was applied to college students to explore the factor structure of the scale under the background of Chinese culture, and to test its reliability and validity. Methods: 949 university students were measured with CNI scale. The prosocial behavior scale, self-esteem scale and Big Five personality scale were used to verify the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of CNI scale. Three weeks later, 90 college students were randomly selected for retesting. Results: The bifactor model is more suitable for university students than the single-factor model. Cronbach'α are 0.92, 0.91 and 0.86. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis show that the project load is between 0.52 and 0.84, the correlation coefficient is significant, and there is a good fitting index. Conclusion: The Chinese version of CNI has reasonable reliability and validity under the Chinese cultural background, and can be used for the evaluation and research of communal narcissism of domestic university students.
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spelling doaj-art-fdf4b1b2a86741ddb603cfc524b9abea2024-11-10T04:07:27ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182024-10-01250104507Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university studentsZimi Li0Xiangkui Zhang1Corresponding author.; Northeast Normal University, Changchun City 130024, Jilin Province, ChinaNortheast Normal University, Changchun City 130024, Jilin Province, ChinaObjective: The Communal Narcissism Inventory (CNI) was applied to college students to explore the factor structure of the scale under the background of Chinese culture, and to test its reliability and validity. Methods: 949 university students were measured with CNI scale. The prosocial behavior scale, self-esteem scale and Big Five personality scale were used to verify the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of CNI scale. Three weeks later, 90 college students were randomly selected for retesting. Results: The bifactor model is more suitable for university students than the single-factor model. Cronbach'α are 0.92, 0.91 and 0.86. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis show that the project load is between 0.52 and 0.84, the correlation coefficient is significant, and there is a good fitting index. Conclusion: The Chinese version of CNI has reasonable reliability and validity under the Chinese cultural background, and can be used for the evaluation and research of communal narcissism of domestic university students.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691824003858Communal narcissismUniversity studentsReliabilityValidity
spellingShingle Zimi Li
Xiangkui Zhang
Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
Acta Psychologica
Communal narcissism
University students
Reliability
Validity
title Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
title_full Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
title_fullStr Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
title_full_unstemmed Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
title_short Reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in Chinese university students
title_sort reliability and validity of communal narcissism scale in chinese university students
topic Communal narcissism
University students
Reliability
Validity
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