A recent study claims the relationship between the concept of self-esteem and the photo posting habits of women in Facebook, the top social networking site of the present times. The study was published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking journal by the University of Buffalo last Monday. The main result of the said research indicated that women whose self-esteem depend on their appearance upload more photos of themselves and tend to have more “friends” in their social networking accounts.
The study, led by Dr. Michael A. Stefanone, involved a group of 311 individuals that was comprised of about 154 women. They were asked to respond to a questionnaire that measured how they see themselves and also gauged how they use their Facebook accounts. Self-esteem was measured in terms of public sources like the World Wide Web and private sources like the participants’ families.
The result of the research indicated that the individuals, whose self esteem depends on public contingencies like the Internet, uploaded more pictures. These people see themselves in terms of their physical appearance, other people’s appreciation or good opinion of them or in winning competitions or rivalries. Those who are dependent on appearance in fact showed the highest amounts of photos uploaded online.
The research also claims that people who derive or get their self-esteem from private sources like academic proficiency, morality, and familial love show less internet activity. It was found out that about 12 percent of the friends of Facebook users are not really acquaintances but people they just met online. Women also showed more close friends than men and spend more time editing and keeping their profiles updated.
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