The Effect of prosocial personality and Narcissism on Social Well-being of the Residents in Tehran City
Year: 2014
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study examined the effect of the components of prosocial personality and narcissism on social well-being in men and women resident in Tehran city. This research was a correlational one. Statistical population consisted of all women and men resident in Tehran in 2013. 200 male and female resident in Tehran were randomly selected by multi-phases clustering sampling. Research tools were KeyesSocial Well-being Questionnaire (1998), Penners Prosocial Personality Questionnaire (2002) and Raskin & Terrys Narcissistic Personality Inventory (1988). For data analysis, pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used. Research findings showed that prosocial personality and its components had positive correlation with social well-being (P<0.01) and narcissism and its components had negative correlation with social well-being (P<0.01). Also, the results of multivariate regression indicated that prosocial personality and narcissism can predict about 40% of the variance of social well-being. Therefore, eleven hypotheses of current research was confirmed: prosocial personality, other-oriented empathy, helpfulness, narcissism personality, authority, exhibitionism, superiority, exploitativeness, entitlement, self- sufficiency, vanity had a significant effect on social well-being (P<0.01). According to research results with reducing narcissism in individuals and reinforcing their prosocial personality can help them promote their social well-being.
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2186032688