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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