مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Two Different Faces of Grandiose Narcissism: Relationship among Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry, and Happiness

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship of narcissistic admiration and rivalry to happiness. Until now, various models have been developed for the meaning of narcissism. One of these models, narcissistic admiration and rivalry model reveals two different directions of grandiose narcissism. In the study, psychometric properties of long and short forms of narcissistic admiration and rivalry scale were firstly adapted to Turkish. In the second study, narcissistic admiration and relationships between competition and happiness were examined by structural equality model. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, the short and long forms of the Narcissistic Admiration and rivalry Scale were found to be acceptable for the goodness of fit indexes. Internal consistency coefficients of subscales of the scale were found above .60. The correlation coefficients between narcissistic admiration and rivalry and the Inventory of the Narcissistic Personality were found to be significant in the positive direction. In the second study, my narcissistic admiration found happiness in the positive direction, and narcissistic rivalry found happiness in the negative direction. The two-way relationship between narcissism and happiness has been discussed in the light of literature.