Do Narcissists Enjoy Visiting Social Networking Sites? It Depends on How Adaptive They Are.

ABSTRACT: Previous evidence suggests that narcissistic people tend to visit social networking sites (SNS) frequently, but the emotions accompanying their engagement on such sites has not been a significant subject of study. Therefore, we examined the relationship between narcissism and the affective experience on SNS in two different samples. To do so, we not only examined narcissism as a whole but also distinguished between adaptive and maladaptive narcissism. Results of the two studies consistently showed that: (1) narcissism as a whole was not correlated with the SNS affective experience; (2) maladaptive narcissism was predictive of a worse affective experience on SNS; and (3) partly due to a positive correlation with self-esteem, adaptive narcissism was associated with a better SNS affective exp

SUBMITTER: Shi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156359 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature