Many studies focus on the connections between different aspects of narcissism, self-esteem and experiences in close relationships. This area of research is complex and a lot is stil unknown. Because we could not find any similar foreign or domestic studies, we therefore focused our research on finding connections between narcissism, self-esteem and experiences in close relationships. We were also interested in the connection between narcissism and the level of achieved education and the difference in narcissism between different age groups. We checked for differences in narcissism, self-esteem and experiences in close relationships between males and females, and between groups, divided according to marital status. Our sample included 261 participants, of which 167 were female and 94 are male participants. Their age ranged from 17 to 75, with the average age of a little less than 35 years. We measured narcissism with Narcissistic Personality Inventory NPI-40 (Raskin and Terry 1988). Self-esteem was assessed with Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale RSES (Rosenberg 1965). Experiences in close relationships were measured with Experiences in Close Relationships Scale ECR-S (Wei, Russel, Mallinckrodt and Vogel 2007). Our research results showed a statistically significant correlation between narcissism and self-esteem, and also between self-esteem and experiences in close relationships. We did not find a statistically significant correlation between narcissism and experiences in close relationships. Narcissism is also significantly correlated to the level of achieved education. Younger aged groups are significantly more narcissistic than older age groups. Men are significantly more narcissistic than women. We discovered no differences in narcissism when we divided the participants based on their marital status, nevertheless single participants in our study achieved higher narcissism scores than divorced participants and participants in a relationship. We found no significant differences in self-esteem between groups divided by gender and marital status. Further, men and women are significantly different in the experiences in close relationships, with men experiencing more insecurity in close relationships than women. Men also experience more avoidance in close relationships than women. We also showed that single and divorced people, in comparison with married and unmarried people in a romantic relationship, experience more insecurity in close relationships, with single people experiencing more attachment anxiety, and single and divorced people experiencing more avoidance than married people.
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