Narcissism and implicit attention seeking: Evidence from linguistic analyses of social networking and online presentation

Exploring personal characteristics associated with selfie-liking

“…These findings suggested that individuals who reported higher degree of selfies liking tended to exhibit these characteristics to a greater extent than those who reported lower degree of selfies liking. More specifically, these results were consistent with previous research, which found that narcissistic individuals who liked to create self-impressions tended to be more prone to engaging in unhealthy behaviors that allowed them to fulfill this desire (Bleske-Rechek et al, 2008;DeWall et al, 2011). Indeed, the findings were also consistent with extant studies, which proposed that computer-mediated communication, especially social media, could serve as a means for individuals to enhance self-presentational behaviors (Ellison, Heino, & Gibbs, 2006;Mehdizadeh, 2010).…”

“…First, attention-seeking behavior normally happens when people act or behave in a way that is intended to make others pay attention to them. In fact, attention-seeking behavior is linked to the narcissistic trait because being the center of attention fulfills the goal of being agentic (DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011). For example, Weiser (2015) suggested that narcissists are motivated to gain others' attention and admiration to maintain their inflated self-views.…”

Cross-cultural narcissism on Facebook: Relationship between self-presentation, social interaction and the open and covert narcissism on a social networking site in Germany and Russia

“…They create an image of their own person in accordance with the impression they want to create for their interaction partners (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008). The attention of other members is likely to increase the self-esteem of narcissistic users, satisfies their need for popularity and reinforces the manner of their self-presentation (DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011;Twenge & Campbell, 2009;.…”

How a powerful audience and audience feedback moderate the relationship between performance-approach orientation and exaggerated self-promotion

“…Relevant traits may be, for example, narcissism (e.g. DeWall, Buffardi, Bonser, & Campbell, 2011) or need for approval (Gardner & Martinko, 1988).…”