Gender differences in narcissism: With special reference to exploitativeness

Pages: 1173-1178
Urvi Sharma and Harmehak Singh (Department of Psychology, G.G.D.S.D. College, Chandigarh)

The present research intends to examine gender differences in narcissism among men and women within the age group 17-35. A random sample of 200 young adults, including 100 males and 100 females is selected from north India. For this research, it is hypothesized that men are more narcissistic than women. The 40 item Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) (Raskin & Hall, 1979-1981) is used in this study to measure narcissism. The results revealed that men tend to be more narcissistic than women (t=3.7619, p=0.0002). We further investigated gender differences in the exploitative facet of Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). Results revealed that men tended to be more exploitative than women (t=3.0349, p=0.0027).