title: The Egocentricity Index as a measure of self-esteem and egocentric personality style for inpatient adolescents.
abstract: The Egocentricity Index (EI) was assessed as a measure of self-esteem, egocentric behavior, and a basic statistic in a population of 60 predominantly behavior disordered, inpatient adolescents. Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI) scales served as criterion measures. A low mean EI was found in these youngsters but was not mediated by low self-esteem as the Index was uncorrelated with self-esteem/self-concept measures. The Index did correlate with an histrionic type of egocentric personality style. The purported association between the EI components of pair and reflection responses was not observed here.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009289:Narcissism; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept