Social media sites such as Facebook are thought to act as a platform for narcissistic behavior, such as posting self-promoting status updates or attractive photos. Narcissism is identifiable via social media, and it has been associated with negative peer appraisals. This article presents three studies with undergraduate students that examined the interpersonal implications of narcissism on Face...

Social network sites count millions of members these days. For a growing number of Internet users, maintaining a profile on a social network site is part of their everyday life today. The debate of the social use of the Internet has focused on the one hand, on whether persons establish new relationships online and, on the other hand, on how persons use the Internet to maintain relationships. So...

the aim of this study was to examine whether formal and informal social activities are associated with a lower risk of depression. besides, we investigated which type of social activities may protect against late-life depression by gender using data from a population-based study of older korean adults.data for analysis were drawn from the 2010 korean longitudinal study of aging. study sample in...

The exception, is, however, notable in East Kent and Canterbury where a regular society exists to promote this contact and hold regular meetings, to exchange views, and attempt to solve local problems. The group at times invites visitors from beyond the Mcdway, or even further, and there are representatives ot probation officers, moral welfare workers, almoners, psychiatric social workers, doct...

Humans possess a need for social contact. Satisfaction of this benefits well-being, whereas deprivation is detrimental. However, how much contact people desire not universal, and evidence mixed on individual differences in the association between well-being. This preregistered longitudinal study (N = 190) examined changes well-being (life satisfaction, depressivity/anxiety) Germany during perva...

The nature of the relationship between social contact and attitude similarly between twins was investigated using longitudinal data from a sample of Australian twins. Earlier research has suggested that social attitudes are not explained solely by shared environment; rather there are both genetic and environmental components that explain variance in social attitudes. Using three types of analys...