This questionnaire studied the differences between individuals with high access to media and low access to media as well as usage for narcissism. College students were asked to report on their years in their childhood homes. The high media access group (n = 150) was defined as having access to various media within the home throughout their years and using those media for more than one hour each day. The low media access group (n = 104) did not have Internet media in their home and did not use Internet media for more than fifteen minutes each day. Using the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI; Emmons, 1987), results of regression analyses concluded that individuals with high access to media displayed higher narcissistic tendencies, specific to the dimensions of leadership/authority and exploitativeness/entitlement. Further, more usage of media also led to higher exploitativeness/entitlement, displaying a clear link between media usage and access and exploitativeness/entitlement.
Key words: Media use, narcissism, survey
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