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Considering Envy and Rivalry within the nomological network of pathological narcissism: an empirical study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

F. Faccini ,
G. Rogier ,
R. Cavalli  and
P. Velotti
F. Faccini
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
G. Rogier
Affiliation:
University of Genoa, Department Of Educational Sciences, Genoa, Italy
R. Cavalli*
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
P. Velotti
Affiliation:
University of Rome Sapienza, Dynamic And Clinical Psychology And Health, Rome, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

narcissismenvyRivalry
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S667
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