Relationships between facebook intensity, friendship contingent self-esteem, and personality in U.S. college students

Authors

T.F. Pettijohn II
K.E. LaPiene
T.F. Pettijohn
A.L. Horting

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

U.S. college students (N = 200) completed measures of Facebook use, friendship contingent self-esteem, personality, and narcissism. Those who strongly connected their self-esteem with their quality of friendship relationships were predicted to be more active Facebook users. As predicted, a significant positive relationship between Facebook intensity and friendship contingent self-esteem was found. No significant relationships between Facebook use and personality or narcissism were discovered. Implications for how and why college students use social networking media are discussed, including connections to previous research which discuss the relationship between high friendship contingent self-esteem and risk for depressive symptoms. © 2008 Cyberpsychology.

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Recommended Citation

Pettijohn II, T. F., LaPiene, K. E., Pettijohn, T. F., & Horting, A. L. (2012). Relationships between Facebook Intensity, Friendship Contingent Self-Esteem, and Personality in U.S. College Students. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 6(1), article 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CP2012-1-2