Abstract
Narcissism is one of the oldest recognized personality traits in the history of psychological theory and research and has been suggested by some to be associated with purpose-in-life. The present study investigates the relationship between 15 subscales of narcissism and purpose-in-life based on self-report responses from 691 university students. Results revealed significant and positive correlations between purpose-in-life and seven of the narcissism scales. Significant negative correlations were between purpose-in-life with the subscales of shame and admiration. Nonsignificant correlations were found for six of the narcissism subscales and purpose-in-life. A direct-entry regression analysis demonstrated that approximately 38% of the variance in purpose-in-life was predicted by higher need for acclaim seeking and lower need for admiration narcissism scale scores. When the three-factor narcissism model was examined, purpose-in-life was significantly predicted positively by Agentic Extraversion and negatively by Narcissistic Neuroticism, accounting for 25% of the variance. The findings suggest that purpose-in-life may be a motive that delineates different dimensions of narcissism.
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