Self-Presentation 2.0: Narcissism and Self-Esteem on Facebook

By Soraya Mehdizadeh. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Is Facebook creating "iDisorders"? The link between clinical symptoms of psychiatric disorders and technology use, attitudes and anxiety (2013, background): “Mehdizadeh (2010) proposed that it is the controlled environment of these webpages that appeals to the narcissist; users of social networking sites may contort their proﬁle pictures, status updates, biographies, and even lists of friends in order to appear more attractive.”
Mirror or Megaphone?: How relationships between narcissism and social networking site use differ on Facebook and Twitter (2013, background): “Whereas one study found narcissism to be positively related to time spent on SNS and the number of times users logged on (Mehdizadeh, 2010), other studies have found no relationship between narcissism and time spent on the site (Bergman et al., 2011; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
How do people compare themselves with others on social network sites?: The case of Facebook (2014, neutral): “, 2008), social well-being (Burke, Marlow, & Lento, 2010), identity (Zhao, Grasmuck, & Martin, 2008), self-presentation (Mehdizadeh, 2010; Strano, 2008), privacy issues (Tufekci, 2008), and the relationship between personality and Facebook use (Ross et al.”
#SocialMedia: Exploring the Relationship of Social Networking Sites on Body Image, Self-Esteem, and Eating Disorders (2017, methodology): “Furthermore, many of these studies (Mehdizadeh, 2010; Tiggemann & Slater, 2013, 2014) have only focused on total time usage, which is uninformative given the wide array of features available on SNSs, as user activity may vary widely in time spent posting photos, videos, status updates, chatting,…”
Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior (2012, background): “Several researchers have found a relationship between narcissism and frequency of using Facebook (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Ong et al., 2011).”
Facebook in higher education promotes social but not academic engagement (2011, background): “…(Ross, Orr, Sisic, Arsenault, Simmering & Orr, 2011), and what psychological factors influence their style of Facebook usage (Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010; Carpenter, Green & LaFlamm, 2011; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Wilson, Fornasier, & White, 2010; Zhong, Hardin & Sun, 2011).”
The Social Media Disorder Scale (2016, neutral): “…constructs that have previously been related to compulsive Internet use and (speci ﬁ c forms of) compulsive social media use: self-esteem (Mehdizadeh, 2010; Van Rooij et al., 2015), depression (Caplan, 2007; Hong, Huang, Lin, & Chiu, 2014; Koc & Gulyagci, 2013; Yen, Ko, Yen, Wu, &…”
Putting the “self” in selfies: how narcissism, envy and self-promotion motivate sharing of travel photos through social media (2020, background): “A number of studies have found positive correlations between narcissism and social media usage (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Sorokowski et al., 2015; Taylor & Strutton, 2016).”
Who “Likes” You … and Why? A Typology of Facebook Fans (2014, background): “Facebook pages present an environment for impression management (Mehdizadeh, 2010; Schau and Gilly, 2003), offering users an opportunity to present a “hoped-for possible self,” where they can make identity statements which they would not make offline (Mehdizadeh, 2010, p. 358), for example through…”
Narcissism and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analytic Review (2016, background): “…behavior (Foster, Misra, & Reidy, 2009), which may explain why those high in grandiose narcissism generate more content (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Poon & Leung, 2011)—especially selfpromoting content (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008; Mehdizadeh, 2010)—with relatively little concern…”
Selfie posting behaviors are associated with narcissism among men (2015, positive): “Researchers studying narcissism have generally suggested a positive association between this characteristic and social media usage (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008; Carpenter, 2012; Lee, Ahn, & Kim, 2014; McKinney, Kelly, & Duran, 2012; Mehdizadeh, 2010; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”