过去的研究表明,社交网站代表了满足自恋需求的完美平台。本研究旨在调查浮夸(GN)和脆弱的自恋(VN)以及社会比较与Facebook活动的关系。这是通过三个活动维度的自我报告来衡量的:表演,令人印象深刻,和观看。此外,国家自尊(SSE)是根据表现来衡量的,社会行为,和外观。一百一十名参与者完成了一项在线调查,其中包含SSE和Facebook活动的衡量标准以及在社交媒体环境中嵌入三个实验条件的启动程序(向上比较,向下比较,和对照组)。结果显示,正如预期的那样,在每个子量表和总分上,高VN与SSE呈负相关。此外,发现VN,但不是GN,与Facebook活动的频率呈正相关。最后,有人提出并证实,VN与向下比较的启动相互作用会对SSE产生负面影响。得出的结论是,VN代表了预测自尊以及Facebook活动频率的关键变量。
Past research showed that social networking sites represent perfect platforms to satisfy narcissistic needs. The present study aimed to investigate how grandiose (GN) and vulnerable narcissism (VN) as well as social comparisons are associated with Facebook activity, which was measured with a self-report on three activity dimensions: Acting, Impressing, and Watching. In addition, the state self-esteem (SSE) was measured with respect to performance, social behavior, and appearance. One hundred and ten participants completed an online survey containing measures of SSE and Facebook activity and a priming procedure with three experimental conditions embedded in a social media context (upward comparison, downward comparison, and control group). Results indicated, as expected, that high VN was negatively associated with SSE on each subscale and the overall score. In addition, it was found that VN, but not GN, displayed positive associations with frequency of Facebook activities. Finally, it was proposed and confirmed that VN in interaction with the priming of downward comparisons negatively affected SSE. The conclusion drawn is that VN represents a key variable for the prediction of self-esteem as well as for the frequency of Facebook activity.