Thursday, January 5, 2012

Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior

Publication year: 2011
Source: Personality and Individual Differences, Available online 9 December 2011
Christopher J. Carpenter
A survey (N= 292) was conducted that measured self-promoting Facebook behaviors (e.g. posting status updates and photos of oneself, updating profile information) and several anti-social behaviors (e.g. seeking social support more than one provides it, getting angry when people do not comment on one's status updates, retaliating against negative comments). The grandiose exhibitionism subscale of the narcissistic personality inventory was hypothesized to predict the self-promoting behaviors. The entitlement/exploitativeness subscale was hypothesized to predict the anti-social behaviors. Results were largely consistent with the hypothesis for the self-promoting behaviors but mixed concerning the anti-social behaviors. Trait self-esteem was also related in the opposite manner as the Narcissism scales to some Facebook behaviors.

Highlights

► Grandiose exhibitionism (NPI) was correlated with self-promotion on Facebook. ► Entitlement/exploitativeness (NPI) was correlated with anti-social behaviors on Facebook. ► Self-esteem was negatively related to self-promotion and anti-social behaviors on Facebook.





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