Transformations in contemporary society through the absence of boundaries and abundance of paradoxes influence both the social and the human psyche, creating new forms of subjectivity. With that, pathologies associated with emptiness, narcissism and depression arise. This study aimed to investigate characteristics of narcissism, depression, anxiety, hopelessness and self-esteem in 350 young adults from a university. For that, it has been used Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), the Rosenberg Scale and the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI). Data analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics, followed by the Student t test, correlation and ANOVA to identify the differences in means between groups. As a result, it´s obtained a positive correlation between narcissism and self-esteem, between anxiety and depression and between depression and hopelessness. And it´s found a negative correlation between anxiety and depression and hopelessness and self-esteem. These results provide important both in academic and clinical practice.
narcissism; self-esteem; depression; anxiety; hopelessness
