Relationships between Facebook Intensity, Friendship Contingent Self-Esteem, and Personality in U.S. College Students

U.S. college students (N = 200) completed measures of Facebook use, friendship contingent self-esteem, personality, and narcissism. Those who strongly connected their self-esteem with their quality of friendship relationships were predicted to be more active Facebook users. As predicted, a significa...

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Main Authors: Terry F. Pettijohn II, Kimberly E. LaPiene, Terry F. Pettijohn, Amanda L. Horting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Masaryk University 2012-07-01
Series:Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace
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Online Access:https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4257