Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the structural relationships between covert narcissism inearly adulthood and social anxiety, using perfectionistic self-presentation and experientialavoidance as mediating variables. An online survey was administered to 410 domestic earlyadults (aged 19-35), and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlationanalysis, and structural equation modeling. The results of this study are as follows: First, thedirect mediating effect of perfectionistic self-presentation on the relationship between covertnarcissism and social anxiety was not significant. Second, the direct mediating effect ofexperiential avoidance on the relationship between covert narcissism and social anxiety wassignificant. Third, the mediating effect of perfectionistic self-presentation on the relationshipbetween covert narcissism and social anxiety was not significant, while the mediating effect ofexperiential avoidance was significant. Based on the above results, we discussed implicationsand recommendations for further research.

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