Narcissism on Facebook: Self-promotional and anti-social behavior

0191-8869/$ see front matter 2011 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.11.011 ⇑ Tel.: +1 309 298 1622; fax: +1 309 298 2369. E-mail address: [email protected] A survey (N = 292) was conducted that measured self-promoting Facebook behaviors (e.g. posting status updates and photos of oneself, updating profile information) and several anti-social behaviors (e.g. seeking social support more than one provides it, getting angry when people do not comment on one’s status updates, retaliating against negative comments). The grandiose exhibitionism subscale of the narcissistic personality inventory was hypothesized to predict the self-promoting behaviors. The entitlement/exploitativeness subscale was hypothesized to predict the anti-social behaviors. Results were largely consistent with the hypothesis for the self-promoting behaviors butmixed concerning the anti-social behaviors. Trait self-esteem was also related in the opposite manner as the Narcissism scales to some Facebook behaviors. 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.