Narcissism, perfectionism, and self-promoting behavior on social networking sites among university students in Pakistan

• Abbasi, Najam ul Hasan ^[1] ; Arshad, Qaisar ^[2] ; Wang, Tao ^[1] ; Hadi, Abdul ^[3]
  1. [1] Mianyang Normal University, Mianyang, Sichuan, China
  2. [2] International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  3. [3] Harran University, Turkey

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• Localización: Anales de psicología, ISSN-e 1695-2294, ISSN 0212-9728, Vol. 40, Nº. 2, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: May - September), págs. 290-299
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.6018/analesps.545411
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Narcisismo, perfeccionismo y comportamiento de autopromoción de estudiantes universitarios paquistaníes en sitios de redes sociales
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    Existe un debate considerable en la literatura sobre cómo el narcisismo predice diversos comportamientos asociados con la utilidad de los sitios de redes sociales, pero los investigadores han prestado menos atención a explorar los mediadores potenciales de esta relación. Con base en la literatura existente, anticipamos que el narcisismo predice comportamientos de autopromoción en los sitios de redes sociales. El estudio actual también investigó el papel mediador del perfeccionismo multidimensional entre el narcisismo y el comportamiento de autopromoción. Se recopiló un total de 605 cuestionarios completos de estudiantes de universidades de Rawalpindi e Islamabad, Pakistán, mediante un muestreo conveniente. El estudio utilizó el Inventario de Personalidad Narcisista (Ames et al., 2006), un cuestionario de desarrollo propio sobre comportamiento de autopromoción en sitios de redes sociales y la Escala de Perfeccionismo Multidimensional (Hewitt et al., 1991). Los hallazgos indicaron que las mujeres en comparación con los hombres y las solteras en comparación con las casadas obtuvieron puntuaciones más altas en narcisismo. Los niveles educativos más altos se asociaron con tasas más altas de narcisismo. Los resultados también sugieren que el narcisismo se correlaciona con el perfeccionismo orientado a uno mismo y, más significativamente, con el narcisismo orientado a los demás. El perfeccionismo orientado a uno mismo y a los demás medió significativamente la relación entre el narcisismo y el comportamiento de autopromoción en los sitios de redes sociales.

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    There is considerable debate in the literature about how narcissism predicts various behaviors associated with the utility of social networking sites, but researchers have paid less attention to exploring the potential mediators of this relationship. Based on the existing literature, we anticipated that narcissism predicts self-promoting behaviors on social networking sites. The current study also investigated the mediating role of multidimensional perfectionism between narcissism and self-promoting behavior. A total of 605 complete questionnaires were gathered from students from universities from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan using convenient sampling. The study used Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Ames et al., 2006), self-developed Self-promoting Behavior on social networking sites questionnaire, and the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (Hewitt et al., 1991). Findings indicated that females as compared to males and single as compared to married individuals scored higher on narcissism. Higher educational levels were associated with higher rates of narcissism. The results also suggest that narcissism correlated with self-oriented perfectionism, and more significantly with others-oriented narcissism. Self-oriented and others-oriented perfectionism significantly mediated the relationship between narcissism and self-promoting behavior on social networking sites.

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