Reactive‐narcissistic character, obsessional personality and obsessive–compulsive behaviour

Sandler & Hazari's (1960) questionnaire measuring reactive‐narcissistic character and obsessional personality was filled in by 120 medical students. Principal components analysis was applied to their scores. The resulting factor structure is highly similar to Sandler & Hazari's. Both reactive‐narcissistic character and obsessional personality can be measured in a reliable way. In support of the hypotheses, reactive‐narcissism is correlated positively with achievement motivation, but shows no correlation with traits reflecting lack of self‐confidence (external locus of control and negative fear of failure), nor with aggression. Contrary to expectation, a positive correlation was found with control uncertainty. According to expectation obsessionality is correlated negatively with achievement motivation and positively with traits reflecting lack of self‐confidence and with aggression. The hypothesis that obsessional subjects exhibit more obsessive‐compulsiveness in a decision‐making task than reactive‐narcissistic subjects could not be confirmed. Results are discussed in the light of previous findings. The conclusion is that the typology as measured by Sandler & Hazari's (1960) questionnaire has high construct validity. The question whether the typology is predictive of future obsessive–compulsive behaviour remains unanswered

Aggression · Developmental psychology · Narcissism · Personality · Typology · Clinical Psychology · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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