This study examined the relationships among pathological narcissism, actual-ideal self-discrepancies, experiential avoidance, and emptiness in the undergraduates.
To examine the relationships among these factors, undergraduates completed self-report measurements such as Pathological Narcissism Inventory(PNI), Actual-Ideal Self-discrepancies Questionnaire, Korean version of the Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire: K-MEAQ-24), and Emptiness scale. A total of 446 data(male: 223, female: 223) were used for the analysis, To analyze data, SPSS 21.0 and SPSS Process Macro 4.3 versions were used.
The main results of analysis showed that all variables had significant positive correlations with each other, except for the correlation between narcissistic grandiosity and self-discrepancies.
The results of this study are as follows. First, self-discrepancies and experiential avoidance showed double mediating effect between pathological narcissism and emptiness in the undergraduates. Second, only experiential avoidance showed mediating effect between narcissistic grandiosity and emptiness. Third, each of self-discrepancies and experiential avoidance showed the single mediating effect between narcissistic vulnerability and emptiness.
This study is meaningful in that it verified the double mediating effects of pathological narcissism, actual-ideal self-discrepancies and experience avoidance on emptiness. Therefore, when we encounter undergraduates with pathological narcissistic tendency complaining emptiness in counseling and clinical scenes, interventions to reduce actual-ideal self-disagreement and experience avoidance are needed, and it can help reduce the emptiness of undergraduate students.

Keywords : Pathological Narcissism, Narcissistic Grandiosity,
Narcissistic Vulnerability, Emptiness, Undergraduates,
Self-discrepancies, Experiential Avoidance