They are so vain, and this new study is definitely about them.
Do you want to eliminate narcissists in your life? Researchers say there is a difficult habit to calm down, the indisputable personality rate is not impossible to break.
The way they relate to their smartphones can say -you need to know, reveal the new findings: those with narcissistic tendencies are much more likely to show problem patterns of travel, publication and like social media publications.
The data, published in the Journal of Research in Personality, shows that the behavior of a person’s social media could be an indicator that someone is also doing a little.
Social media addiction goes beyond intense use. It includes behaviors such as compulsively checking updates, not being able to cut out despite negative consequences and rely on online interactions for emotional satisfaction.
These behaviors can lead to real life problems, including sleep problems, reduced face -to -face interaction and malfunction or academic performance.
The team worked to explore not only if narcissism and addiction are linked, but also how they can influence the passage of time.
To begin with, they identified six forms of narcissism: admiration, rivalry, enmity, isolation, heroism and holiness.
The study show consisted of 339 adults from 19 to 41, who lived in Poland. They all completed multiple evaluations, answered questions about their use of social networks, and filled the established measures of narcissism and addiction to Instagram, Facebook and Tiktok social networks.
The results showed that individuals who obtained a high level in almost all forms of narcissism, except holiness, also reported higher levels of social media addiction.
However, the dynamics between the two varied according to the type of narcissism.
Those with heroism, admiration and rivalry had what the researchers called a “reciprocal” relationship with addiction.
When one went up, the other tended to decrease over time, suggesting a PUSH-Pull dynamic where users can alternate between ego-driven outburst and periods of compulsive use of social networks. This suggests an internal struggle between looking for admiration and cope with the consequences of addiction.
Instead, the enmity (a hostile and antagonistic form of narcissism) and isolation (withdrawn and cold) followed in synchronization with social media addiction. When the use increased, so did these darker narcissistic features and vice versa.
This suggests that these traits can worsen addiction or feed it in a continuous loop.
What does this mean for the average user?
If anyone constantly attaches to their phone, obsessing with the tastes and followers, they may not only be addicted to their feed, but they could also reveal something about their personality.
And if his behavior seems to be driven by a need for admiration or marked by antagonism, you may be looking at a narcissistic pattern.
Of course, researchers warn that their study was based entirely on self -information data, which means that some findings could be influenced by the way participants evaluated their own behaviors and traits.
However, the study opens a fascinating window on how our online habits reflect our inner worlds.
So the next time you find yourself or someone else, unable to stop refreshing this Instagram feed, maybe it’s worth asking -is it just a bad habit or a sign of something worse?
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