世論 What Japan Thinks

Hair preening in the subway is a combination of actions from the list below that most irritates me, this list being from goo Ranking looking at what actions make one think you might be a narcissist, for both women and men.

Demographics

Between the 18th and 22nd of December 2008 1,039 members of the goo Research monitor pool completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The reported sex split was exactly 50.00% male and 50.00% female, a figure that one will instantly see is wrong, so for the sake of argument I’ll round it up to 520 females and down to 519 males. 7.6% of the sample were in their teens, 15.6% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 10.9% in their fifties, and 10.3% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

I don’t think I suffer from any of the flaws noted below, as I cannot be a narcissist as it is impossible to improve on perfection.

On the other hand, I think my wife scores more than 50%…

Ranking result

Q: What actions that you do make you think “I may very well be a narcissist…”? (Sample size=520, female)

Rank		Score
1	I soon delete any bad photos of myself	100
2	In the subway, I check out only my face in the reflection in the window	71.8
3	When my eyes meet a guy’s I can’t help thinking he’s checking me out	60.6
4	I think the current me is just a provisional figure, and a brighter real me exists	52.1
5	If I cannot fix my hairstyle I cannot settle	50.0
6	I’ve investigated from which angle I look the most cool, beautiful	47.9
7	I’ve got a number at karaoke that I’m outstanding at	34.5
8	I check myself out from every angle in changing room mirrors	33.1
9	I go to public toilets just to check myself in the mirror	30.3
10	I feel celebrities of around the same age are rivals to me	26.8
11	I end up wondering if my boyfriend and I go well together	22.5
12	I’ve recorded and listened to myself at karaoke	21.1
13	I love being mentioned in friends’ blogs, SNS diaries, etc	19.0
14=	At every opportunity I ask my boyfriend what parts of me he likes	17.6
14=	I like to wear clothes that show off a lot of skin	17.6
16=	I’ve gone by myself to puri-kura photo booths	14.1
16=	I suspect men asking me the way to somewhere are trying to chat me up	14.1
18	I’ve applied for auditions as a model, etc	11.3
19=	I can name more than three celebrities I resemble	10.6
19=	I don’t think there is any possibility that I am the reason for breaking up with my boyfriend	10.6

Q: What actions that you do make you think “I may very well be a narcissist…”? (Sample size=519, male)

Rank		Score
1	When my eyes meet a girl’s I can’t help thinking she’s checking me out	100
2	I soon delete any bad photos of myself	73.4
3	I’ve got a number at karaoke that I’m outstanding at	67.2
4	I think the current me is just a provisional figure, and a brighter real me exists	64.1
5	In the subway, I check out only my face in the reflection in the window	51.6
6=	I’ve investigated from which angle I look the most cool, beautiful	29.7
6=	If I cannot fix my hairstyle I cannot settle	29.7
8	I feel celebrities of around the same age are rivals to me	28.1
9	I go to public toilets just to check myself in the mirror	26.6
10	I end up wondering if my girlfriend and I go well together	21.9
11	I check myself out from every angle in changing room mirrors	20.3
12	I’ve recorded and listened to myself at karaoke	17.2
13	I can name more than three celebrities I resemble	15.6
14	I love being mentioned in friends’ blogs, SNS diaries, etc	17.2
15=	I’ve applied for auditions as a model, etc	10.9
15=	I’ve gone by myself to puri-kura photo booths	10.9
15=	I suspect wommen asking me the way to somewhere are trying to chat me up	10.9
15=	I don’t think there is any possibility that I am the reason for breaking up with my girlfriend	10.9
19=	Most of the saved photos on my mobile are of myself	9.4
19=	I like to wear clothes that show off a lot of skin	9.4