People who constantly update their profile on Facebook are more likely to be narcissists, researchers have claimed.
09 Sep 2010
The social networking site is a haven for narcissistic people because they can establish a large number of hollow 'friendships' without having to establish a real relationship, a study found.
Facebook also enables them to control how they are viewed by friends or people they would like to be introduced to, the survey indicated.
Soraya Mehdizadeh, of York University in Canada, questioned 100 students aged 18 to 25 about their use of the site, before giving them psychological examinations to determine how self-important and attention-seeking they were.
There was a positive link between the level of narcissism identified by the test and the number of times a day the students checked their Facebook page, the Daily Mail reported.
People with poor self-esteem – which some experts believe can lead to narcissism – also monitored their Facebook more frequently than usual.
Men were found to be more interested in written entries on their profile, while women placed more value on which pictures appeared on their page.
The report was published in the journalCyberpsychology, Behaviour And Social Networking.
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