The predictive level of the narcissistic personality characteristics on affect styles and decision making styles in adolescents

The aim of this study is to determine whether affective styles and decision styles predict narcissistic personality characteristics. The sample of the study consists of 348 university students from İstanbul and Kırklareli provinces. There are 211 women and 137 men participants in the study. The Affective Styles Scale, Melbourne Decision Making Styles Scale, Narcissistic Personality Inventory and Personal Infrmation Form are given as data collection tools. Furthermore, demographic characteristics of participants which are gender, age, department, the place where they live, number of siblings, sibling sequence, perceived parental attitude are evaluated. According to the results of the study, significant variation in affective styles is not found in terms of gender, sibling sequence, the place where they live. Whereas there is no difference between suppression and toleration affective styles of adolescents, significant difference is found in adjustment affective style. In supression affective style disinterested and neglecter and in toleration affective style, demogratic and interested parental attitudes have the highest scores when parental attitudes are examined. In terms of gender, number of siblings, sibling sequence and the place where they live variables, there is no significant difference in the point average of adolescent decision making styles. In terms of perceived parental attitude, significant difference related to "avoidant", "postponer" and "panic" decision styles is not found. On the other hand, in "self-respect" and "careful" decision styles adolescents who perceive parental attitudes as "neglector" and "disinterested" have significantly lower scores than all of other perceived parental attitudes. Narcissistic personality characteristic predicts "supression" and "adjustment" emotion styles as statistically significant degree. However, there is statistically insignificant relationship between narcissistic personality characteristic and "toleration" affective style. Narcissistic personality characteristic predict "self-respect" and "panic" decision styles as statistically significant level but "careful", "avoidant" and "postponer" decision styles as statistically insignificant level. Key Words: Narcissistic personality, affective styles, decision making styles