Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale
1 = very uncharacteristic or untrue, strongly disagree
2 = uncharacteristic
3 = neutral
4 = characteristic
5 = very characteristic or true, strongly agree
____ 1. I can become entirely absorbed in thinking about my personal affairs, my health, my cares or my relations to others.
____ 2. My feelings are easily hurt by ridicule or by the slighting remarks of others.
____ 3. When I enter a room I often become self-conscious and feel that the eyes of others are upon me.
____ 4. I dislike sharing the credit of an achievement with others.
____ 5. I feel that I have enough on my hands without worrying about other people's troubles.
____ 6. I feel that I am temperamentally different from most people.
____ 7. I often interpret the remarks of others in a personal way.
____ 8. I easily become wrapped up in my own interests and forget the existence of others.
____ 9. I dislike being with a group unless I know that I am appreciated by at least one of those present.
____ 10. I am secretly "put out" or annoyed when other people come to me with their troubles, asking me for my time and sympathy.
The items are summed up to obtain the HSNS total score. The higher this score, the stronger the presence of hypersensitive narcissistic features. (Hendin & Cheek, 1997). Hope this helps.
Thank you Glynis Freeman for the prompt response. Actually, I wanted to know what the cut-off score would be for the diagnosis of HSN. Alternatively, how many items (out of 10) does one need to identify with in order to be diagnosed with HSN. What is the criterion? Thank you once again!
My understanding of the HSNS is that it is not a formal diagnostic scale with a cut off point. It is a sliding scale to indicate the level of hypersensitive narcissism. ie If you have a rule with points along it to indicate the five levels starting at 0 and ending in 5, the mid point is right there in the middle with equal measures on either side. The further to the left of that midpoint the fewer hypersensitive narcissistic traits, the further to the right, the more hypersensitive narcissistic traits. The focus here is on the level of the traits rather than a diagnosis. For a formal diagnosis, I would use something like the Big-5 and NPI. All three correlate well together. I would likely back the results up with a semi-structured interview. This is my understanding of it. I hope this helps.
Thank you very much, Glynis Freeman, for the detailed response. Greatly appreciated!
In the Spanish version there is no "cut-off point" as such; but since it is 10 items and, obviously, the more it is scored in the 10, the more intense it will be -quatitatively speaking- the presence of Hypersensitive Narcissism, it could be interpreted that with a score equal to or greater than 4 it can already be assumed that the subject in question presents this trait with an adjective of "mild"; if it is 6 or more it would already be "moderate" and, with 8 or more, "quite a lot" or "a lot". Now, since such an Inventory is a writing or "screening" test, it would perhaps be more advisable, for a more sensitive assessment, to use the 23-item Scale, and / or the Narcissistic Personality Scale (NPS) and / or The MCMI-III (Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory) Millon, 1997.
Thank you very much Francisco Javier Gala for pointing out the extended 23-item NPS. As for the 23-item Scale, would it be safe to say that a score equal to or greater than 9 it can already be assumed that the subject in question presents this trait with an adjective of "mild"? Thanking you in advance!
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