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- Title
Contingencies of Self-Worth and Social-Networking-Site Behavior.
- Authors
Stefanone, Michael A.; Lackaff, Derek; Rosen, Devan
- Abstract
Social-networking sites like Facebook enable people to share a range of personal information with expansive groups of 'friends.' With the growing popularity of media sharing online, many questions remain regarding antecedent conditions for this behavior. Contingencies of self-worth afford a more nuanced approach to variable traits that affect self-esteem, and may help explain online behavior. A total of 311 participants completed an online survey measuring such contingencies and typical behaviors on Facebook. First, exploratory factor analyses revealed an underlying structure to the seven dimensions of self-worth. Public-based contingencies explained online photo sharing (β = 0.158, p < 0.01), while private-based contingencies demonstrated a negative relationship with time online (β = −0.186, p < 0.001). Finally, the appearance contingency for self-worth had the strongest relationship with the intensity of online photo sharing (β = 0.242), although no relationship was evident for time spent managing profiles.
- Subjects
SELF-esteem; ONLINE social networks; META Platforms Inc.; INTERNET surveys; PHOTOGRAPH websites; FACTOR analysis
- Publication
CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 1/2, p41
- ISSN
2152-2715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/cyber.2010.0049