The purpose of this study is to explore the adaptive narcissism, maladaptive narcissism, cooperative
tendency and competitive tendency of College students, and explore the potential relationship between them. 539
college students in Tianjin were measured by the Narcissistic Personality Questionnaire (NPI), the narcissistic
personality disorder scale (NPDS) and the cooperative and competitive personality questionnaire (CCPS).
Results: (1) Maladaptive narcissism was significantly positively related to their competitive tendency, but has no
significantly relation with competitive tendency. (2) College students’ adaptive narcissism is positively correlated
with their propensity to cooperate and competitive tendency. Conclusions: (1) Different nature narcissism
has different influence on cooperative and competitive tendency; (2) Adaptive narcissism takes into account
cooperation and competition in interpersonal interaction, and the higher the adaptive narcissism, the higher the
Cooperative and the competitive tendency; (3) Maladaptive narcissism is more inclined to competition.