Narcissism As A Predictor Of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Perfectionism And Achievement Motivation Among Adults

The present study intended to explore narcissism as a predictor of obsessive compulsive disorder, perfectionism and achievement motivation among adults. 300 participants including both genders, ages ranging from 18 to 45 years were administered Narcissistic Personality Inventory, Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, Almost Perfect Scale-Revised, and Achievement Motivation Scale.Results reveal that reliability coefficients of all the scales were greater than .70 indicating satisfactory internal consistency. Narcissism has significant positive correlation with obsessive compulsive disorder perfectionism and achievement motivation. Furthermore narcissism significantly predicted perfectionism, obsessive compulsive disorder and achievement motivation in all the groups respectively. Findings divulged that males were significantly higher on narcissism and obsessive compulsive disorder as compared to females whereas no gender differences were found on perfectionism and achievement motivation.