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Personality: dark traits and pathology

Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale.

HSNS

What it measures
Covert / vulnerable narcissism: hypersensitivity, self-absorption, defensiveness
Length and format
10 items. 5-pt Likert (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Several: IT, DE, ES, ZH, etc.
Normative data
Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
Licence
public-domain / open

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Reference
Hendin, H. M., & Cheek, J. M. (1997). Assessing hypersensitive narcissism: A reexamination of Murray's Narcism Scale. Journal of Research in Personality, 31(4), 588-599.

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