An experimental investigation of the influence of agentic and communal Facebook use on grandiose narcissism

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Highlights：

• Explored in two experiments the impact of Facebook use on narcissism.

• Expected agentic Facebook use to lead to higher narcissism than communal or control.

• Experiment 1 revealed a marginal effect of Facebook use on narcissism, whereas Experiment 2 did not.

• Research synthesis revealed no reliable effect of Facebook use across experiments.

摘要

•Explored in two experiments the impact of Facebook use on narcissism.•Expected agentic Facebook use to lead to higher narcissism than communal or control.•Experiment 1 revealed a marginal effect of Facebook use on narcissism, whereas Experiment 2 did not.•Research synthesis revealed no reliable effect of Facebook use across experiments.

论文关键词：Facebook,Narcissism,Social networks

论文评审过程：Available online 19 March 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.038