The Effect of prosocial personality and Narcissism on Social Well-being of the Residents in Tehran City

This study examined the effect of the components of prosocial personality and narcissism on social well-being in men and women resident in Tehran city. This research was a correlational one. Statistical population consisted of all women and men resident in Tehran in 2013. 200 male and female resident in Tehran were randomly selected by multi-phases clustering sampling. Research tools were Keyes` Social Well-being Questionnaire (1998)، Penner`s Prosocial Personality Questionnaire (2002) and Raskin & Terry`s Narcissistic Personality Inventory (1988). For data analysis، pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression were used. Research findings showed that prosocial personality and it`s components had positive correlation with social well-being (P<0. 01) and narcissism and it`s components had negative correlation with social well-being (P<0. 01). Also، the results of multivariate regression indicated that prosocial personality and narcissism can predict about 40% of the variance of social well-being. Therefore، eleven hypotheses of current research was confirmed: prosocial personality، other-oriented empathy، helpfulness، narcissism personality، authority، exhibitionism، superiority، exploitativeness، entitlement، self-sufficiency، vanity had a significant effect on social well-being (P<0. 01). According to research results with reducing narcissism in individuals and reinforcing their prosocial personality can help them promote their social well-being.