The purpose of this study was to investigate how the covert narcissism, the fear of negative evaluation, and the body cathexis affected the drive for thinness. 361 normal weight female undergraduate students were analyzed. Using the covert narcissism scale, the fear of negative evaluation scale, the body cathexis scale, the drive for thinness scale, Data was collected. Various models which can explain relation among these variations are suggested and verified using path analysis and SEM(Structural Equation Modeling). The result of this study may be summarized as follows. The results were as follows. The body cathexis and several sub-elements of covert narcissism influenced the drive for thinness. Also the higher the levels of covert narcissism was, the much more being drive for thinness has increased. This results showed that the covert narcissism could influence the drive for thinness through the alternative of the fear of negative evaluation and the body cathexis. Finally, limitations of this study and suggestion for future study were addressed.
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