A Cross-Cultural Investigation of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory Short Form: Narcissism as a Multidimensional Trait in the United Kingdom and Russia

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Table 1. Fit indexes for Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory–Short Form factor models.

Model	χ^2	df	CFI	SRMR	RMSEA [90% CI]	AIC	BIC
Russian sample
Two-factor CFA	2852.43**	89	.72	.10	.12 [.12, .13]	145044.55	145302.10
Two-factor ESEM	1749.55**	76	.83	.06	.10 [.10, .11]	143786.55	144116.88
Three-factor CFA	2727.14**	87	.73	.12	.12 [.11, .13]	144557.09	144831.44
Three-factor ESEM	822.11**	63	.92	.03	.07 [.07, .08]	142657.46	143060.58
UK sample
Two-factor CFA	2114.75**	89	.77	.10	.13 [.12, .13]	96382.73	96620.28
Two-factor ESEM	1362.43**	76	.85	.06	.11 [.10, .12]	95497.98	95802.65
Three-factor CFA	1957.63**	87	.79	.13	.12 [.12, .13]	95906.60	96154.46
Three-factor ESEM	559.68**	63	.94	.03	.07 [.07, .08]	94512.01	94883.80

Note. CFI = comparative fit index; SRMR = standardized root mean square residual; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; AIC = Akaike’s information criterion; BIC = Bayesian information criterion; CFA = confirmatory factor analysis; ESEM = exploratory structural equation modeling.

**χ² significant at p < .001.

Table 2. Parameter estimates of the Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory–Short Form based on exploratory structural equation modeling.

	UK sample			Russia sample
Variable	λ			λ
	Antagonism	Extraversion	Neuroticism	Antagonism	Extraversion	Neuroticism
Antagonism
Manipulativeness	.45**	.36**	−.26**	.51**	.39**	−.13**
Exploitativeness	.66**	.11**	−.07**	.87**	.01	−.05*
Entitlement	.55**	.30**	.13**	.87**	−.01	−.03
Lack of empathy	.87**	−.37**	−.19**	.92**	−.23**	−.12**
Arrogance	.65**	.19**	−.02	.84**	.07*	−.08**
Reactive anger	.47**	.13**	.52**	.54**	.06*	.40**
Distrust	.56**	−.19**	.14**	.32**	.04	.33**
Thrill seeking	.38**	.32**	−.08**	.47**	.33**	−.03
Extraversion
Acclaim seeking	.22**	.67**	−.04*	−.10**	.79**	.08**
Authoritativeness	.15**	.63**	−.23**	.01	.79**	−.15**
Grandiose fantasies	.15**	.47**	.15**	.53**	.30**	.13**
Exhibitionism	.09**	.62**	.11**	.08*	.66**	.08*
Neuroticism
Shame	.21**	.02	.76**	.04	−.03	.87**
Need for admiration	.18**	−.14**	.67**	.18**	.16**	.66**
Indifference	−.50**	.10**	.49**	−.42**	−.12*	.41**

Note. λ = factor loading; targeted loadings are shown in bold.

*p < .05. **p < .001.

Table 3. Fit indexes for Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory–Short Form invariance models.

Model	χ^2	S–B χ^2	df	CFI	CFI difference	SRMR	RMSEA [90% CI]	AIC
Gender
Configural	1678.99**		126	.91		.03	.08 [.08, .09]	239019.92
Metric	1726.91**	86.41**	162	.91	.001	.04	.07 [.07, .08]	239062.20
Scalar	1863.77**	139.47**	174	.91	.007	.12	.07 [.07, .08]	239174.58
Country
Configural	1382.85**		126	.93		.03	.07 [.07, .08]	237169.46
Metric	1906.01**	525.46**	162	.91	.02	.05	.08 [.07, .08]	237717.85
Metric (partial)	1540.38**	159.38**	160	.93	.007	.05	.07 [.07, .08]	237298.24
Scalar	2391.88**	525.46**	172	.88	.04	.06	.09 [.08, .09]	238229.20
Scalar (partial)	1670.72**	145.47**	165	.92	.007	.05	.07 [.07, .08]	237424.87

Note. χ² = chi-square goodness-of-fit statistic; S–B χ² = Satorra–Bentler chi-square difference; CFI = comparative fit index; SRMR = standardized root mean square residual; RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation; AIC = Akaike’s information criterion.

**χ² significant at p < .001.

Table 4. Correlations of Five-Factor Narcissism Inventory–Short Form (FFNI–SF) factors with Short Dark Triad (SD3) subscales, and SD3 intercorrelations.

	SD3 subscale
	Machiavellianism	Narcissism	Psychopathy
FFNI–SF factor
Russia sample
Antagonism	.31**	.35**	.27**
Extraversion	.34*	.47**	.23**
Neuroticism	.02	–.08*	.03
Grandiose	.34**	.44**	.26**
Vulnerable	.18**	.11**	.17**
UK sample
Antagonism	.56**	.61**	.76**
Extraversion	30**	.73**	.45**
Neuroticism	.04	–.17**	–.04
Grandiose	.48**	.72**	.69**
Vulnerable	.41**	.17**	.37**
SD3 subscale
Russia sample
Machiavellianism	—	.32**	.32**
Narcissism		—	.24**
Psychopathy			—
UK sample
Machiavellianism	—	.32**	.45**
Narcissism		—	.51**
Psychopathy			—

*p < .05. **p < .001.