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Narcissism, extraversion and adolescents’ self-presentation on Facebook

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 50; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.022

1873-3549

Eileen Y. L. Ong, Rebecca P. Ang, Jim Chun Mun. Ho, Joylynn C. Y. Lim, Dion Hoe‐Lian Goh, Chei Sian Lee, Alton Y.K. Chua,

Child Development and Digital Technology

Social Networking Sites (e.g. Facebook), which afford self-presentation, are gaining popularity amongst adolescents. This study examined the relationship of narcissism and extraversion on adolescents’ self-presentation in four Facebook profile features (profile picture, status updates, social network size, photo count), as reported by Grade 7–Grade 9 adolescents. After accounting for extraversion, narcissism predicted features presenting self-generated content (profile picture rating, status update frequency), but not features presenting system-generated content (social network size, photo count).