A study of relationship between egocentrism and social adjustment

The purpose of this research was investigating the relationship between egocentrism and social adjustment among students. For this purpose, 308 students (158 women and 150 men) of Payame Noor university were sampled by available categorized sampling. They were asked to complete Social Adjustment Questionnaire (1939) as well as Personal Fable and Imaginary Audience Questionnaire (1967) in order to evaluate their egocentrism. Then, the achieved data was analyzed by Pierson's conjunction coefficient and step by step multivariable regression. The results indicated that there is a meaningful and positive relationship between personal fable and social adjustment in p<0.01, but there is not a meaningful relationship between imaginary audience and social adjustment. Moreover, this research showed that personal fable can anticipate 8.9 percent of social adjustment variance. According to the results of this research, students will construct their selves by egocentrism personal fable and social adjustment.