Social media use and personality: Beyond self-reports and trait-level assessments

We investigated how objective, behavioral data on social media use was correlated with the Dark Tetrad facets and HEXACO traits. tracked usage time session of users ( N = 243), considering Instagram to be a visual medium compared Facebook and, therefore, related “dark” personality characteristics (i.e., short-term mating, antisocial attitudes). Additional bivariate correlations, we controlled for model vice versa using partialed found that agentic extraversion, self-entered antagonism, Machiavellian tactics, but not traits, were sessions. observed no correlations use. In women, more associated use, while in men only boldness linked it. discuss findings light mating behavior (e.g., niche specialization, cyberstalking). Disentangling traits helped refine previous findings. • Narcissistic intensity. The models showed (almost) links objective usage. Particularly