While on lunch today I was reading an interesting article on Yahoo about Facebook. According to an article by Andy Blatchford of The Canadian Press, a new study of Canadian University students suggests that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem.
The article states that people who have a low self-esteem or who are narcissistic spend more time on the popular social networking site than those people who have adequate levels of self-worth. Apparently, the surveys were conducted two years ago, and the findings were published last month in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. An interesting comparison was also made between male and female Facebook users and how they promote themselves differently.
With Facebook having an estimated 500 million users, 16 million of those being Canadians I find the results of this study very interesting. The article ends with this question: “Is it that narcissists are more likely to use Facebook, or people who use Facebook are more likely to become narcissists?”
I’m curious – what are your thoughts? Here is the link to view the article:
While on lunch today I was reading an interesting article on Yahoo about Facebook. According to an article by Andy Blatchford of The Canadian Press, a new study of Canadian University students suggests that Facebook is a magnet for narcissists and people with low self-esteem. The article goes on to state that people who are low on self esteem or who are narcissistic spend more time on the popular social networking site than those people who have adequate levels of self worth. Apparently, the surveys were conducted two years ago, and the findings were published last month in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. An interesting comparison was also made between male and female Facebook users and how they promote themselves differently. With Facebook having an estimated 500 million users, 16 million of those being Candians I find the results of this study very interesting. The article ends with this question: “Is it that narcissists are more likely to use Facebook, or people who use Facebook are more likely to become narcissists?” I’m curious – what are your thoughts? Here is the link to view the article:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100907/national/facebook_narcissists_insecure
Engage Even if the personalized was response wasn’t written directly to you, it still felt like he was in your bathroom answering questions.
