In the social network on the user page you can judge his narcissism

According to a new study by the University of Georgia, social networking sites such as Facebook can be a useful service. It can be used to determine whether a person is a narcissist, that is, a "narcissus." Laura Buffardi, a doctoral candidate in the field of psychology, who co-authored this study, noted that “daffodils” visit Facebook for the purpose of “self-promotion”.


Scientists have created a special questionnaire for users of a popular social network. 130 users answered the questions of researchers. Then, the researchers analyzed the content of their pages and asked people who are not Facebook users to look at the pages and share their opinion on the narcissism of the owner of one or another page on the social network.

Scientists have concluded that the number of friends and posts on the “wall” of a Facebook user’s personal page is related to the degree of its narcissism. As noted by Buffardi, these figures correlate with how a person behaves in real life with a huge number of friendships, which are actually mediocre. Also, daffodils often post themselves glamorous, "self-advertised" avatars.

Study: Facebook profiles can be used to detect narcissism (English)
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