Self-presentation and belonging on Facebook: How personality influences social media use and motivations

By Gwendolyn Seidman. 2013

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Attachment theory as a framework for explaining engagement with Facebook (2015, background): “Seidman (2013) suggested that the mixed results may stem in part from a focus on behavioral variables, and”
Online social media fatigue and psychological wellbeing - A study of compulsive use, fear of missing out, fatigue, anxiety and depression (2018, background): “Excessive social media use is linked with distraction and alleviation of psychological su ﬀ ering (George, Dellasega, Whitehead, & Bordon, 2013; Ha, Kim, Libaque-Saenz, Chang, & Park, 2015; Seidman, 2013) and mental exhaustion and attention de ﬁ ciency (Sriwilai & Charoensukmongkol, 2016).”
Don't Just “Like” Me, Promote Me: How Attachment and Attitude Influence Brand Related Behaviors on Social Media (2018, background): “Social media typically involves presentation of a persona or “public self” (Kaplan and Haenlein 2010; Seidman 2013), and when a person posts a statement of advocacy for a particular brand, s/he explicitly links that brand to her/his public identity (Laroche et al. 2012; Schau and Gilly 2003).”
The Big Five, Self-Esteem, and Narcissism as Predictors of the Topics People Write About in Facebook Status Updates (2015, methodology): “They tend to use Facebook as a tool to communicate and socialize (Seidman, 2013), as reflected in their more frequent use of Facebook (Gosling, Augustine, Vazire, Holtzmann, & Gaddis, 2011), greater number of Facebook friends (Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010), and preference for features of Faceb”
Passive and Active Facebook Use Measure (PAUM): Validation and relationship to the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (2017, background): “There is already indirect evidence of this relationship, as personality has been found to influence how often users comment on other’s posts, click “like”, and share content (Lee, Ahn, & Kim, 2014; Seidman, 2013).”
The Psychology of Mukbang Watching: A Scoping Review of the Academic and Non-academic Literature (2020, background): “For instance, selfpresentation, belongingness, social gratifications, recreation, and information are motives that have been associated with social media use (Chen 2015; Seidman 2013).”
Belonging: a review of conceptual issues, an integrative framework, and directions for future research (2021, background): “shy, or who suffer from social anxiety (AmichaiHamburger et al., 2002; Moore & McElroy, 2012; Ryan et al., 2017; Seabrook et al., 2016; Seidman, 2013).”
Predicting the Big 5 personality traits from digital footprints on social media: A meta-analysis (2018, neutral): “Individuals with high neuroticism are more prone to self-disclose hidden aspects of themselves, use social media as a passive way to learn about others (Seidman, 2013), and use more negative words in their posts, or ‘ status updates ’ (Schwartz et al., 2013).”
Showing Off? Human Mobility and the Interplay of Traits, Self-Disclosure, and Facebook Check-Ins (2013, background): “Research has examined how the Big Five personality traits relate to the use of Facebook to fulfill users’ self-presentation needs through general self-disclosure, such as posting information about oneself (Seidman, 2012).”