Self-Disclosure or Self-Aggrandizement: How Personality is Related to Facebook, and Twitter Use
A survey of college students was conducted that measured the self-promoting social media behavior of posting “selfies” (pictures of self or self and others usually posed in a mirror and taken with a digital camera). It was hypothesized that there would be a correlation with this behavior and personality traits as measured by the NPI-16 personality inventory. The amount of time students spent online engaged with these social networking sites and their frequency of use were also measured. The grandiose exhibitionism subscale of the narcissistic personality
inventory was hypothesized to predict this self-promoting behavior.
PSY 350
Nani Skaggs
Banquet Room
1 – 3 PM