Development of the Perceived Maternal Narcissism Scale

Year 2023, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 313 - 324, 25.12.2023

Emre Han Alpay , Arzu Aydın

https://doi.org/10.57127/kpd.26024438.1274962

Abstract

A mother's pathological narcissistic traits can lead to several adverse childhood experiences. However, there is no measurement tool to assess these detrimental effects of maternal narcissism on the child's perception. The current study aims to develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Perceived Maternal Narcissism Scale (PMNS). In this article, we conducted three studies with 720 participants. In studies 1 and 2, we developed PMNS and evaluated its reliability and validity. Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis results provided evidence for 23 items and a five-factor solution (lack of empathy, grandiosity, criticism, control-manipulation, and parentification-exploitation) to assess maternal narcissism from the child's perception. Moreover, PMNS scores were significantly associated with parental attitudes and parentification measures. The PMNS demonstrated good reliability in terms of internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Finally, study 3 obtained the PMNS scores from children associated with obtained Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 and the Pathological Narcissism Inventory scores from their mothers. The results of three studies have shown that the PMNS is a valid and reliable measurement tool to assess mothers’ narcissistic traits from the children’ perception.

Keywords

maternal narcissism, scale development, reliability, validity

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by the authors’ university (Mersin University; 04/02/2019-018) research ethics committee.

Anneden Algılanan Narsisizm Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi

Abstract

Annenin patolojik narsisistik özellikleri çocukta olumsuz birçok deneyime yol açabilir. Ancak, anne narsisizminin çocuğun algısı üzerindeki bu zararlı etkilerini değerlendirecek bir ölçüm aracı bulunmamaktadır. Bu çalışma, Anneden Algılanan Narsisizm Ölçeğinin (AANÖ) geliştirilmesini ve psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenmesini amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, 720 katılımcı ile üç çalışma halinde yapılmıştır. Çalışma 1 ve 2'de Anneden Algılanan Narsisizm Ölçeği geliştirilmiş ve geçerliği ve güvenirliği değerlendirilmiştir. Hem açımlayıcı faktör analizi hem de doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçları, 23 madde ve beş faktörlü bir yapının (empati eksikliği, büyüklenmecilik, eleştiri, kontrol-manipülasyon ve ebeveynleştirme-sömürü) annenin narsisizmini çocuğun algısından değerlendirmek için geçerli olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, AANÖ puanları, ebeveyn tutumları ve ebeveynleştirme değişkenleri ile önemli ölçüde ilişkilidir. AANÖ, iç tutarlılık ve test-tekrar test güvenirliği açısından iyi bir güvenirlik göstermiştir. Son olarak, çalışma 3’te, çocuklardan elde edilen AANÖ puanları ile annelerin doldurdukları Patolojik Narsisizm Envanteri ve Narsisistik Kişilik Envanteri-16 skorları arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Bulgular bu değişkenler arasında ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Üç çalışmanın sonuçları, AANÖ'nün annelerin narsisistik özelliklerini çocukların algılarından değerlendirmek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

anne narsisizmi, ölçek geliştirme, güvenirlik ve geçerlik

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