Investigation of the relationship about empathy, bullying and behavior compliance of narsism in children between 10-12 years

The concept of narcissism, whose origins are based on Greek mythology, is known as the fact that Narkhissos, who saw his reflection in water, fell in love with himself. Narcissism is characterized by inability to empathy and bullying, in addition to believing that he is a very important, superior and unique person. This disorder, which is known to occur in the early stages of life, is a very common personality organization. In this context, it has guided the creation of this study. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of narcissistic personality in terms of empathy, bullying and behavioral mismatch. The study have conducted with 10-12 year old middle school students in Muratlı district of Tekirdağ. The Personal Information Form and the Parental Information Form were developed by the researcher to obtain the personal information of the students and their families. The Childhood Narcissism Scale was used to measure the narcissistic personality traits of the students, Cognition About Bullying Inventory for Children was used to measure bullying levels, the Ka-Si Empathic Tendency Scale Children Form was used to measure the empathy levels, and the DAVUY-Behavior and Adaptation Problems Scale was used to measure the levels of bullying. According to the results of the study, while there was a positive relationship between childhood narcissism and bullying, a negative relationship was found between childhood narcissism and empathy. Accordingly, as childhood narcissism increases, bullying increases and the level of empathic tendency decreases. In addition, as empathy increased, behavior and adaptation problems decreased, and as bullying increased, it was concluded that behavior and adaptation problems increased.