When social media isn’t social: Friends’ responsiveness to narcissists on Facebook

Choi, Mina; Panek, Elliot; Nardis, Yioryos; Toma, Catalina L.

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.056

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“…Specifically, hubristic pride (attributing success to talent) results in malicious envy, whereas authentic pride (attributing success to effort) fosters benign envy [54]. Indeed, Facebook postings of narcissistic users, which can be assumed to convey hubristic pride [55], elicit less positive feedback [56], potentially reflecting malicious envy. The specific relationship to the comparison standard may also determine the kind of envy on Facebook.…”

Section: Open Research Questions and Conclusionmentioning

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The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

Appel

Gerlach

Crusius

2016

Current Opinion in Psychology

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Highlights • Facebook use has recently been linked to depression and negative affectivity. • Unflattering social comparison and envy are common experiences for Facebook users. • Envy and social comparison mediate correlations between Facebook use and depression. • Facebook research sheds new light on the relationship between envy and depression. • Further experiments and experience sampling should corroborate causal links.

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Section: Open Research Questions and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

Appel

Gerlach

Crusius

2016

Current Opinion in Psychology

383

198

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“…Importantly, attention-seeking on Facebook is construed as a negative gratification (M€ antym€ aki & Najmul Islam, 2016) as it may decrease perceived social cohesion (Hollenbaugh & Ferris, 2014). In addition, using Facebook for attention-seeking can be conceptualized as antisocial because it is perceived as annoying and the perpetrators as unlikeable (Choi, Panek, Nardis, & Toma, 2015), and has been linked with exhibitionism (Carpenter, 2012). Attention-seeking behaviour may be detrimental to our social circles because it can encourage negative social comparison between individuals, it increases the negative content of posted information, and because it can lead to exploitation without mutual benefits to social capital and social-grooming needs (Carpenter, 2012;Fox & Moreland, 2015;Garcia & Sikstr€ om, 2014;Paulhus & Williams, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For example, narcissists are more likely to post self-promoting content (Buffardi & Campbell, 2008), including frequent Facebook status updates (Ong et al, 2011) and brag about their achievements in their updates (Marshall, Lefringhausen, & Ferenczi, 2015). Notably, narcissists receive less validation in the form of likes and comments the more they post on Facebook, suggesting that their self-promotion behaviours may be perceived as socially unpleasant (Choi et al, 2015). They also tend to seek more social support than they are willing to reciprocate, get angry when social contacts do not comment on their content, and retaliate against negative comments (Carpenter, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

Are sex differences in antisocial and prosocial Facebook use explained by narcissism and relational self-construal?

Ferenczi

Marshall

Bejanyan

2017

Computers in Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c tPrevious research has found that some people use Facebook for antisocial purposes, such as for "trolling" or attention-seeking. Conversely, others use Facebook in prosocial, relationship-enhancing ways, such as to increase belonging or to connect with friends. Few studies, however, have investigated differences between men and women in their antisocial and prosocial use of Facebook. The present study sought to address this research gap by examining whether these sex differences might be explained by narcissism and relational self-construal (i.e., the extent to which an individual defines their self in terms of close relationships). To this end, 573 participants living in the United States completed measures of narcissism, relational self-construal, and motives for using Facebook. Results revealed that men reported more antisocial motives for using Facebook than did women, which was explained by their greater narcissism. Conversely, women reported stronger prosocial motives for using Facebook, which was explained by their more relational self-construal. We discuss ways that these findings can contribute to the development of interventions to promote prosocial online behaviour.

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“…But what if they fail? A study of people’s responsiveness to narcissistic Facebook users showed that individuals high in narcissism were less likely to receive comments and “likes” in response to their status updates than individuals low in narcissism ( Choi et al, 2015 ). Exploitativeness and entitlement, two maladaptive components of narcissism, mainly drove this effect.…”

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Do Narcissists Enjoy Visiting Social Networking Sites? It Depends on How Adaptive They Are

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Previous evidence suggests that narcissistic people tend to visit social networking sites (SNS) frequently, but the emotions accompanying their engagement on such sites has not been a significant subject of study. Therefore, we examined the relationship between narcissism and the affective experience on SNS in two different samples. To do so, we not only examined narcissism as a whole but also distinguished between adaptive and maladaptive narcissism. Results of the two studies consistently showed that: (1) narcissism as a whole was not correlated with the SNS affective experience; (2) maladaptive narcissism was predictive of a worse affective experience on SNS; and (3) partly due to a positive correlation with self-esteem, adaptive narcissism was associated with a better SNS affective experience. In addition, these findings held with SNS activities considered in simultaneity. The present research extends our understanding of the relationship between narcissism and social networking as well as that between emotion and social networking.

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When social media isn’t social: Friends’ responsiveness to narcissists on Facebook

Cited by 35 publications

References 34 publications

The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression

Are sex differences in antisocial and prosocial Facebook use explained by narcissism and relational self-construal?

Do Narcissists Enjoy Visiting Social Networking Sites? It Depends on How Adaptive They Are

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