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Potreba za dramom definirana je kao složena osobina ličnosti pojedinaca koji impulzivno manipuliraju drugima iz pozicije žrtve. Neformalni razgovor tijekom kojega se dijele osobne informacije o nekome koji nije sudionik razgovora jest ogovaranje. Glavni cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos između potrebe za dramom i stavova prema ogovaranju, uključujući prediktorski doprinos komponenti potrebe za dramom objašnjenju varijance stavova prema ogovaranju. Osim toga, ispitane su njihove relacije sa spolom i dobi sudionika. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 299 osoba (223 žene i 76 muškaraca) u dobi od 18 do 65 godina (M = 33.00, SD = 11.23), koji su ispunili online upitnik. Mjerni instrumenti korišteni u ovom istraživanju su Skala potrebe za dramom te Skala stavova prema ogovaranju. Dobiveni rezultati pokazuju da je potreba za dramom pozitivno povezana sa stavovima prema ogovaranju, uključujući socijalno i moralno vrjednovanje ogovaranja. Interpersonalna manipulacija je jedina komponenta potrebe za dramom koja korelira s obje dimenzije stava prema ogovaranju i jedini značajni prediktor stava prema ogovaranju i njegovih dviju dimenzija. Komponenta izigravanja žrtve nije se pokazala povezanom sa stavom prema ogovaranju, a za komponentu impulzivne direktnosti dobivena je značajna ali niska korelacija s dimenzijom socijalnog vrjednovanja ogovaranja. Također, utvrđena je značajna negativna povezanost dobi i stavova prema ogovaranju, prvenstveno s dimenzijom njegovog socijalnog vrjednovanja. Značajne spolne razlike utvrđene su na mjerama interpersonalne manipulacije i stava prema ogovaranju (posebice dimenzije njegovog moralnog vrednovanja), pri čemu muški sudionici imaju, u prosjeku, veći rezultat od ženskih sudionika. Need for drama is defined as a compound personality trait in which individuals impulsively manipulate others from a position of perceived victimization. Informally sharing news about someone’s personal affairs while the person is not a participant of the conversation is considered gossiping. The main aim of this study was to examine the relationship of the need for drama with the attitudes towards gossip, including the contribution of the need for drama components as predictors explaining the variance in attitudes towards gossip. In addition, their relations with participants’ sex and age were assessed. Participants in the study were 299 (223 females and 76 males) persons aged between 18 and 65 years (M = 33.00, SD = 11.23), who filled out an online questionnaire. The instruments used in this study include the Need for Drama Scale and the Attitudes Towards Gossip Scale. The results indicate a positive relationship of the need for drama and the attitudes towards gossip, including both social and moral value of gossip. Interpersonal manipulation was the only component of the need for drama that correlated positively with both dimensions of the attitude towards gossip and the only significant predictor of the overall attitude and its two dimensions. The persistent perceived victimhood component was not found to covary with attitude towards gossip, whereas the component of impulsive outspokenness was found to correlate significantly albeit weakly with the social value dimension of the attitude towards gossip. Also, significant negative association was found between age and attitudes towards gossip, in particular with its social value dimension. A significant sex difference was observed for measures of interpersonal manipulation and attitudes towards gossip (in particular, its moral value dimension), with male participants scoring higher than female participants.