Narcissism and Aggression in Counselor Candidates: A Challenge for Counselor Education in Indonesia

Counselor is one of the major components for successful learning in school, therefore it is important to avoid either narcissistic or aggression inside counselor personality. The purpose of this study is to explore the phenomena and to test the relations. The subjects were counselor candidate in university aged 20-22 years old (M = 20,73). The result shows that 43 of 169 prospective counselor in university executed narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), then it correlated with aggression (r = 0.673). Cognition factor is very influential in the development of NPD. This is a serious problem in counselor education's sphere, further research needs to prepare appropriate intervention for reducing either narcissistic or aggression in counselor education.