The Research On Undergraduates' Narcissistic Personality And Its Relationships With Psychological Well-being

Narcissism is a synthetical construction of personality.which has various representations. It's generally believed that narcissism is marked by signify infatuation and obsession with one's self to the exclusion of all others. Narcissism keeps a close relationship with one's self-concept and self-esteem. There exist two distinct forms of narcissism: Overt and covert narcissism. And the two forms of narcissism have different association with measures of psychological health.According to the review of previous researchs on narcissistic personality, analysis of open-ended measures.and interview with narcissistic individuals, this study puts forward its own theoretical hypothesis on narcissistic personality. And a formal questionnaire of undergraduates' narcissistic personality is formed after primary test and relevant analysis The present study investigated narcissistic characters of 1173 undergraduats. The result suggests that:(1 ) The self-made questionnaire is of good reliability and validity. Adopting the method of factor analysis, we conclude our research with the four dimensions for overt narcissism: Authority, Superiority, Entitlement and Self-admiration, as well as the three dimensions for covert narcissism: Vulnerability, Entitlement and Self-admiration. The results accord with the theoretical hypothesis.(2) The two forms of undergraduates' narcissistic personality - overt and covert narcissism-are significantly correlated but greatly different. Vulnerabilityfor covert narcissism is not significantly correlated with Authority and Superiority for overt narcissism, which lead to the conclusion that overt and covert narcissism are interrelated but different.(3) As a whole, gender doesn't make any significant difference in undergraduates' narcissistic characters. However, male and female undergraduates differentiate significantly in Authority and Self-admiration for narcissism.(4) As a whole, the narcissistic characters among undergraduates of arts and undergraduates of science are signifcantly different, especially in the narcissistic dimension of Authority and Entitlement, but not signifcantly different in Superiority, Self-admiration and Vulnerability.(5) Overt narcissism is not significantly correlated with indicators of mental abnormality, while covert narcissism correlates positively with the same indicators. The result is consistent with previous findings.