Narcissism and Social Media Usage: Is There No Longer a Relationship?

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Authors: Christina Frederick and Tianxin Zhang
Date: July 2019
From: Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis(Vol. 16, Issue 1)
Publisher: Reysen Group
Document Type: Article
Length: 4,517 words

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Abstract :

In previous studies, narcissism has been found to relate to social media behaviors, such as how often one posts and how many friends or followers one has (McCain & Campbell, 2016; Singh, Farley, and Donahue, 2018). The present study attempted to create a model of social media use predicted by narcissism and self-consciousness. A sample of 397 adults with a mean age of 29 years was collected using MTurk. Participants completed a social media use survey, the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (Raskin & Hall, 1979) and the Self-Consciousness Scale (Scheier & Carver, 1985). Results showed that while narcissism and self-consciousness were correlated, narcissism was not significantly related to social media use. Several explanations for the present study's findings are discussed. General Area of Psychology: Social Psychology Specific Area: Personality Psychology Keywords: narcissism, social media, self-consciousness

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