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Objective: To study the narcissism and self-esteem as the predictors of selfitis among youth. Methodology: Sample comprised of 200 youth between the age of 16 to 24 years with 100 males and 100 females. Convenient sampling technique was used. Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale, Narcistic personality inventory (NPI) and Selfitis scale were used to assess study variables. Results: Pearson correlation indicated significant correlation among all study variables. Linear regression analysis indicated that narcissism was positive predictor and self-esteem was negative predictors of selfitis. Findings from ANOVA and t-test depicted significant main effect of gender and education on narcissism, self-esteem and selfitis. Conclusion: Narcissism and selfitis were positively whereas self-esteem was negatively linked with selfitis. Moreover, selfitis was highly prevalent and caused low self-esteem among young females.

Najma Iqbal Malik, Jawairia Zafar, Anam Saleemi. (2020) Narcissism and self-esteem as predictors of Selfitis among Youth, , Volume 45, Issue-2.
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