Tek Maddeli Narsisizm Ölçeği’nin Kısıtları ve Eleştirileri

Öz

Narsisizm son dönemlerde psikolojinin çeşitli alt dallarında ve örgütsel davranış araştırmalarında yaygın bir şekilde çalışılmaya başlanmıştır. Narsisizm farklı sınıflandırmalar ve buna bağlı olarak çeşitli boyutlar kapsamında incelenen bir yapıdır. Bu kapsamda klinik araştırmalarda kişilik bozukluğu ya da patolojik narsisizm ayrımlarında, sosyal psikoloji ve örgütsel psikoloji araştırmalarında ağırlıklı subklinik düzeyde incelenmektedir. Ek olarak kırılgan, büyüklenmeci (grandiose), normal, hipersensitif ve toplumsal narsisizm sınıflandırmaları da bulunmaktadır. Her bir sınıflandırma kapsamında da farklı boyutlar incelenmektedir. Bu sebeple narsisizmin tek madde ile ölçülmesi zorlaşmaktadır. Bu çalışmada Konrath, Meier ve Bushman (2014) tarafından geliştirilen ve Özsoy vd., (2017) tarafından Türkçe’ye uyarlanan tek maddeli narsisizm ölçeğinin (Single Item Narcissim Scale: SINS) Türkçe Formunun (SINS-T), psikometrik özelliklerine ilişkin ek bulgu elde etmek amaçlanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda iki ayrı çalışmada (çalışma 1 n = 349, çalışma 2 n = 236 Toplam N = 585), SINS-T’nin psikometrik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Çalışma 1’de akademisyen örnekleminde Karanlık Üçlü bileşenleri (Narsisizm, Makyavelizm ve Psikopati) ile; Çalışma 2’de hetorojen bir çalışan grubu örnekleminde Beş faktör kişilik özellikleri ve NPI-16 değişkenleri ile SINS-T’nin psikometrik özellikleri incelenmiştir. Söz konusu değişkenlerle SINS-T’nin yakınsak ve ayırt edici geçerliği (nomolojik ağlar ve çok özellikli çoklu metot yaklaşımı ile) sınanmıştır. Her iki çalışmada da erkeklerin skoru (SINS-T)  kadınlardan daha yüksek tespit edilmiştir. Her iki araştırmada da SINS-T’nin psikometrik özellikleri geçerlik beklentilerini belli bir düzeyde karşılamıştır. Ancak genel olarak tek maddeli ölçeklerin kısıtları, narsisizm özelinde bir takım kısıtlar ve bu araştırmanın kısıtlarına dayanarak, SINS-T’nin mevcut narsisizm ölçeklerine rakip olarak değerlendirilmemesi gerektiği ancak alternatif bir ölçek olarak değerlendirilebileceği düşünülmektedir. Tartışma bölümünde araştırma bulguları yorumlanmış, çalışmanın ve ölçeğin kısıtları ve eleştirileri vurgulanmıştır. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Narsisizm,Tek Maddeli Narsisizm Ölçeği,Psikometrik Özellikler,Kısıtlar,Eleştiriler

Limitations and Criticisms of Single Item Narcissism Scale

Öz

Narcissism has recently been widely studied in the various subfields of psychology and in organizational behavior research. Narcissism is a structure that is studied under different classifications and related to this with various dimensions. In this context, it is examined at level of personality disorder or pathological narcissism in clinical research and at the subclinical level in social psychology and organizational psychology research. In addition, there are classifications of vulnerable, grandiose, normal, hypersensitive, collective narcissism. Within each classification, different aspects of narcissism are examined. Therefore, it is difficult to measure narcissism with a single item. In this study, it is aimed to obtain further findings on the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of Single Item Narcissism Scale (SINS-T) which was developed by Konrath, Meier, & Bushman (2014), and adapted into Turkish culture by Özsoy et al. (2017). In this direction, psychometric properties of SINS-T were investigated in two separate studies (study 1 n = 349, study 2, n = 236, Total N = 585). In study 1, with Dark Triad components (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) on sample group of academicians; In the study 2, with five factor personality traits and NPI-16, on a heterogeneous employee group, the psychometric properties of SINS-T has been examined. With those variables the convergent and discriminant validity of SINS-T (with nomological networks and multi-method multi-method approach) were examined. In both studies, the score of SINS-T of men was higher than women. In both studies, the psychometric properties of SINS-T met the expectations of validity at a certain level. However, based on the limitations of single item scales, narcissism-specific constraints and the limitations of current research, it thought that SINS-T should not be considered as a competitor to current narcissi scales but it can be used as an alternative scale. In the discussion section, the findings of the study were interpreted and the limitations and criticisms of the study and SINS-T were emphasized. 

Key words: Narcissism, Single Item Narcissism Scale, Psychometric Properties, Limitations, Criticisms 

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