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Why girls need facebook?

Women Post More on Facebook to Boost Self-Image

Facebook Vanity Shows Signs of Insecurity

Facebook Photo Sharing Reflects Focus on Female Appearance

Narcissists+people with lower self-esteem=Facebook addicts

Narcissistic personality disorder is a condition characterized by an inflated sense of self-importance, need for admiration, extreme self-involvement, and lack of empathy for others. Individuals with this disorder are usually arrogantly self-assured and confident. They expect to be noticed as superior. Many highly successful individuals might be considered narcissistic. However, this disorder is only diagnosed when these behaviors become persistent and very disabling or distressing.

A person with narcissistic personality disorder may:

• React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
• Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
• Have excessive feelings of self-importance
• Exaggerate achievements and talents
• Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
• Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
• Need constant attention and admiration
• Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy
• Have obsessive self-interest
• Pursue mainly selfish goals

source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001930/

In a new study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, University at Buffalo researcher Michael A. Stefanone, PhD, and colleagues found that females who base their self worth on their appearance tend to share more photos online and maintain larger networks on online social networking sites.

Panel group? Female living in US between 18-30 years old.

A new study of social networking shows that women who upload a ton of self-snapped photos of themselves are having trouble with self-esteem issues and are using the social sites to garner attention for themselves.

In Janurary 2011 Facebook reached 600 million users according to socialbakers.com and its growing with speed of nearly 8  new account registrations per second.Predictions are that 50% of US Users will be Facebook in 2013.  Facebook is even more popular than pornographic websites, according to new figures from Experian Hitwise.

Posted by Zbigniew Gargasz
Category: 2011, Zbigniew Gargasz
Tags: Facebook, self esteem, Why girls need facebook