Not necessarily diagnostic or even definitive, the inventory (created by the famous Dr. Drew) does seem to be at least a half-reliable barometer of self-perception. Culled from the good Doctor's experience dealing with all type of celebrity washout, the inventory contains 40 items, each with two statements (A or B).
Most interesting is that the inventory does not treat narcissism as so much a complete negative as a fact of life with varying degrees of focus: exhibitionism, self-sufficiency, etc.
If you're going to take the inventory, do that first before reading the rest of my blog.
So, Dr. Drew indicates that "the average score for the general population is 15.3. The average score for celebrities is 17.8."
The inventory does not, however, end with your summative score. You are then encouraged to look at your selection for each item to determine whether or not you are more inclined toward exhibitionist narcissism or self-sufficiency narcissism - the former being more problematic than the latter - and each item in the survey being directly linked to a certain type of narcissism.
In any case, as a matter of course, my summative score was 3.
I scored once in self-sufficiency, once in authority, and once in superiority.
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