The Effect of prosocial personality and Narcissism on Social Well-being of the Residents in Tehran City
Subject Areas : Educational
majid
saffarinia
1
(عضو هیأت علمی دانشگاه پیام نور)
masoomeh
tadris tabrizi
2
(کارشناس ارشد روانشناسی دانشگاه پیام نور)
tayebeh
mohtashami
3
(کارشناس ارشد روانشناسی دانشگاه پیام نور)
parastoo
hassanzadeh
4
(کارشناس ارشد روانشناسی دانشگاه پیام نور)
Keywords: Narcissism, social well-being, prosocial personality,
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 Keyes` Social Well-being Questionnaire (1998), Penner`s Prosocial Personality Questionnaire (2002) and Raskin & Terry`s Narcissistic Personality Inventory (1988). For data analysis, pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used. Research findings showed that prosocial personality and it`s components had positive correlation with social well-being (P < 0.01) and narcissism and it`s 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.
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