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Abstract

This study aims empirically examine the relationship between self-acceptance with narcissism tendencies, of student in University of Medan Area. This study was conducted on 77 students in University of Medan Area, where trough the screening process 42 students were declared fall because they didn’t comply the characteristics of narcissism tendencies according to DSM IV-TR. Until amount the research of subject is 35 peoples. The hypothesis proposed in this study is a negative relationship between self- acceptance and narcissism tendencies, with assumption that the worse self-acceptance, the higher of narcissism tendencies and opposite, the better of self-acceptance, the lower of narcissism tendencies. This study uses quantitative method with measure instrument self-acceptance scale and narcissism scale, where the research was tested using Product Moment correlation technique. Based on the results of the analysis, it was obtained that rxy = -0,628 with p = 0,000 ; p < 0,01 witch indicates that there is a negative significant relationship between self acceptance and narcissism tendencies in University of Medan Area. From the results of the analysis, it was also found that the tendencies of the UMA students to be categorized as high because hypothetical mean obtained through the study was smaller than the empirical mean while the self-acceptance was bad because the hypothetical was greater than the empirical mean. That the determinant (r2) above was r2= 0,395. It mean narcissism tendencies brought self-acceptance of 39,5%. In general the results of this study indicate that the University of Medan Area has a narcissism tendencies that is poor self-acceptance and hypothesis is accepted.