Narcissism and self esteem as predictor of aggresion among adolescents
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2016
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UMT Lahore
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The study explored the relationship between Narcissism and unstable Self-Esteem as predictors of Aggression among adolescents from Lahore, city of Pakistan. It was hypothesized that there is likely to be a correlation between self-esteem, narcissism and aggression. It was also hypothesized that narcissism and self-esteem are likely to predict aggression. For this correlational study, self-report data from 153 participants (n=89 men, n=63 women) were collected. Online Aggression Questionnaire (Buss, A.H. & Perry, M.P., 1992), Online Sorensen Self-Esteem Questionnaire (Sorensen, 2006), and Online Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16, Ruskin & Terry, 1998) were used. The demographic variables included in this study were age, gender, class, family system and income. Results revealed a significant negative relationship between narcissism, self-esteem and aggression. According to findings, self-esteem is a significant negative predictor of aggression and there is a positive significant correlation between narcissism and aggression. The narcissist is likely to show high aggression. The implication of the study is beneficial to researchers in different disciplines such as education, clinical psychology, and university students, who wish to work on anger management techniques to help people in preventing aggression and even crime.