Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on Future of Social Sciences

Year: 2019

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Narcissism, personality traits and Conspicuous Consumption of Brand in Youth

Sabeen Khan, & Kinza Qaiser

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The aimof the study was to investigate the relationship among Narcissism, personality traits and conspicuous consumption of brands in youth. This used quantitative research design with a sample consisting of 50 Men and 50 Women. The age ranged between 18 –22 years. A purposive sampling technique was used to select participants. The findings revealed that there was a relationship among conspicuous consumption and traits of personality. It was also uncovered that there are gender differences in conspicuous consumption of brands, narcissism and personality traits. Further it was concluded thatnarcissism is positively associated with conspicuous consumption of brands. Narcissism was likely to be a positive predictor of conspicuous consumption of brands and personality traits are likely to be a predictor of conspicuous consumption of brands.

Keywords: Narcissism, Personality Traits, Conspicuous Consumption