Selfie posting behaviors are associated with narcissism among men

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-127

  Sorokowski, P ^a   Sorokowska, A ^a,b   Oleszkiewicz, A ^a   Frackowiak, T ^a   Huk, A ^a   Pisanski, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facebook; Narcissism; Narcissistic personality inventory; Selfie; Sex differences; Social media; Social online networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929315860     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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