The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between covert narcissism, social anxiety, and
cognitive emotion regulation strategies, and perceived social support, as well as how the difference between
cognitive emotion regulation strategies and perceived social support mediated those factors. The subjects of
the experiment were 423 first and second-grade adolescents at two high schools located in Seoul. Descriptive
statistical analyses were used to define correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to verify its
mediated effect. First, the result indicated that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies partially
mediate the effect of covert narcissism on social anxiety. In other words, covert narcissism has an direct effect
on social anxiety and it indirectly influences social anxiety. Second, the result indicated that perceived social
support, that is, perceived parent support, and perceived friend support, partially mediate the effect of covert
narcissism on social anxiety. This result clarifies that maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies and
perceived social support mediate the relationship between covert narcissism and social anxiety.