PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN RELATION TO NARCISSIM AND SPIRITUALITY AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

The current study explored pro-social behavior in relation to narcissism and spirituality among university students. The study also explored differences on the basis of different demographic variables i.e., ageand gender. The sample comprised of 300 university students (n=150, n =150) from a university in Pakistan, using convenience sampling technique. The assessment tools for datacollection werePro-social tendencies measure (PTM), Spirituality index of wellbeing (SIW), and Narcissism personality inventory (NPI). To find out the relationship of pro-social behavior with narcissism and spirituality, Pearson product moment correlation was computed. The resultindicatedsignificant positive relationship between PTMand SIW, whereas negative relationship between narcissism and spiritualitywas found.t-test was applied on data in order to view the difference between pro-social behavior, narcissismand spirituality on the basis of gender among university studentswhichwas indicatedsignificant.The association between age and the three study variable (PTM, SIW and NPI) was found to be significantly positive. This study will be implacable for the psychologist working on personality development and in the field of positive and social psychology.