Feminism, grandiose narcissism, and romantic relationship in young adults

Pages: 1973-1979
Soni Kewalramani and Sneha Hazra (Amity Institute of Behavioral and Allied Sciences, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)

The present paper focuses on studying the relationship of grandiose narcissism on attitude towards feminism in males, grandiose narcissism on attitude towards feminism in females, attitude towards feminism and satisfaction romantic relationship in males, and attitude towards feminism and satisfaction romantic relationship in females. The tools used for this study are- Attitude Toward Feminism and the Women’s Movement Scale’ (Parker, 1994); ‘Grandiose Narcissism Scale’ (Foster, McCain, Hibberts, Brunell, & Johnson, 2015); and Relationship Assessment Scale (Henrick,1988). The sample comprises 80 young adults (40 males & 40 females) from an university setting within the age range of 18-25 years. The findings of the study establishes a weak positive relationship between grandiose narcissism on attitude towards feminism in males (disproving the hypothesis framed) and a positive relationship between grandiose narcissism on attitude towards feminism in females, positive relationship between attitude towards feminism and satisfaction in romantic relationship in males and negative relationship between attitude towards feminism and satisfaction in romantic relationship in females is seen (in accord with the initially framed hypotheses).