"Let me take a selfie": Associations between self-photography, narcissism, and self-esteem

Psychology of Popular Media Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 48-60

  Barry, Christopher T ^a   Doucette, Hannah ^a   Loflin, Della C ^a   Rivera Hudson, Nicole ^a   Herrington, Lacey L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narcissism; Self esteem; Selfie; Social media

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035312991     PISSN: 21604134     EISSN: 21604142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ppm0000089     Document Type: Article

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