Personality
Narcissism Test: Explore Your Self-Focus Patterns
Take this research-informed Narcissism Test to see how admiration, rivalry, and sensitivity show up in your personality and relationships. Not a diagnosis.
Approx. 8 min
24 Questions
Take this research-informed Narcissism Test to see how admiration, rivalry, and sensitivity show up in your personality and relationships. Not a diagnosis.
Narcissism Test: Explore Your Self-Focus Patterns
Personality
This Narcissism Test is a personality-focused quiz that looks at how different forms of self-focus show up in everyday life. It takes about 8–12 minutes to complete 24 items and is designed for adults who are curious about how admiration, competition, and sensitivity to others’ opinions might affect their relationships and decisions.
This test helps you notice patterns in how you see yourself, how much you seek recognition, how competitive you feel, and how sensitive you are to criticism or being overlooked. It offers a language for describing these patterns without treating them as fixed labels.
In everyday language, this test is about how you relate to yourself in the presence of other people. It explores questions like:
Psychology research suggests that narcissism is not just one thing and not just a clinical diagnosis. People can show more outward, self-confident forms of narcissism; more inward, sensitive forms; or a mix of both. This test focuses on those everyday tendencies in non-clinical settings—how you talk about yourself, how you respond to praise and criticism, and how you move through social and work situations.
Rather than asking “Am I a narcissist or not?”, the test aims to sketch where you might sit on several related personality dimensions that can shape relationships, work, and self-esteem.
This test is inspired by personality and clinical research that distinguishes between different aspects of narcissism, especially:
Modern questionnaires often separate narcissistic traits into grandiose (expansive, self-confident, admiration-seeking) and vulnerable (sensitive, insecure, shame-prone) styles and sometimes further split grandiose traits into “admiration” and “rivalry” aspects. This test follows that broad structure but is written from scratch as a short, accessible online quiz for self-reflection.
This Narcissism Test focuses on three core dimensions:
Narcissistic Admiration
How strongly you seek to be seen as special, impressive, or exceptional, often through charm, storytelling, or visible achievements.
Narcissistic Rivalry
How much you treat social life as a status competition, including how likely you are to protect your self-image by putting others down, “winning” conflicts, or dismissing critics.
Vulnerable Narcissism
How much your self-focus is mixed with insecurity, shame, and hypersensitivity to being overlooked, criticized, or misunderstood.
Each dimension captures a different but related way that self-focus and the need to feel significant can show up. Many people will recognize themselves in more than one dimension to different degrees, which is entirely normal.
The items describe common thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in social and relational situations. There are no “correct” answers. Instead, the goal is to capture how strongly each description fits your usual patterns.
Try to answer based on how you typically are across situations and over time, not just how you were on a particularly good or bad day, and not how you wish you were. If different situations feel very different, choose the answer that best reflects your overall tendency.
Answer in a way that reflects your everyday patterns, not an idealized version of yourself or how you think you “should” be.
If any items touch on sensitive topics—such as shame, anger, or difficult relationship patterns—take your time. You can step away from the screen for a moment if you feel overwhelmed and come back when you feel ready.
Each item belongs primarily to one of the three dimensions:
Some items are worded so that higher agreement means lower levels on that dimension; these are automatically reversed when scoring. The system then averages your responses for each dimension on the 1–7 scale so you can see whether you are in a lower, middle, or higher range compared to the full scale.
This test uses a single, complete item set. There is no staged “Pop+Plus” structure: your profile is based on all 24 items together, which keeps the user experience simple and the scoring consistent.
Your result page will show:
This test is especially helpful if you:
This test is not designed to diagnose any disorder and it should not be your only source of guidance if you are facing serious difficulties. Please consider seeking professional help instead of relying mainly on this test if:
If you are in immediate danger or thinking about self-harm, contact local emergency services, crisis hotlines, or other trusted, in-person resources right away. Online tests are not equipped for emergencies.
Your result will not rank you as a “good” or “bad” person. Instead, it will give you a structured way to talk about patterns that many people share to different degrees.
You will see:
A dimension profile:
A brief explanation of your levels on Narcissistic Admiration, Narcissistic Rivalry, and Vulnerable Narcissism, with language about what higher, middle, and lower ranges tend to look like.
A summarized type:
A short label and description that capture your most salient pattern (for example, more admiration-focused, more rivalry-focused, more sensitive and self-protective, or more balanced).
Highlights and cautions:
Each result page includes both what can be adaptive or helpful about your pattern and what can become a repeating problem in relationships, work, or inner life.
Gentle suggestions:
You will see small, realistic ideas for reflection and change, tailored to your pattern, rather than a list of rigid rules.
The aim is to leave you with a more nuanced picture of your self-focus tendencies and how they might show up in the way you talk, compete, connect, and protect yourself.
Think of your result as a mirror that shows some angles of how you tend to move through the world, based on how you answered a brief questionnaire. It is not a verdict on your worth, your future, or your capacity to change.
You can use the language from the result to notice where you recognize yourself and where you do not. The parts that resonate can be starting points for curiosity; the parts that feel off can invite questions like, “Why do I react so strongly to this description?”
Use your result as a starting point for reflection and small experiments, not as a fixed label that limits who you are allowed to become.
Here are a few broad suggestions many users find helpful:
Pick one small theme to experiment with.
For example, if admiration stands out, try noticing when you are most focused on being impressive and what it feels like to relax that goal just a little in low-stakes situations.
Pay attention to your “ego alarm signals”.
Watch for moments when you feel suddenly defensive, ashamed, or superior. Those are often the best opportunities to pause, breathe, and choose a slightly different response.
Have one honest conversation.
Share a piece of your result with someone you trust and ask whether it fits their experience of you. This can deepen mutual understanding if done with openness and respect.
Consider professional support when patterns feel stuck.
If you recognize patterns that are hurting you or others and feel difficult to change alone, bringing your result to a therapist or other mental health professional can be a helpful starting point.
Sharing your result can be useful in:
You are always free to share only parts of your result. You can focus on the aspects that feel most relevant to a given relationship or setting and keep more sensitive parts for private reflection or professional support.
You may enjoy feeling appreciated and doing well, but you are less driven by harsh competition or extreme sensitivity to how others see you.
You may enjoy the spotlight and feel most yourself when you are recognized and appreciated.
Protecting your self-image by staying “on top” or not being seen as weak may be especially important to you.
You may have a strong sense of being special or different mixed with deep sensitivity, shame, or fear of being judged or rejected.