Categorieën: Alle - solutions - confidence - conformity - social_media

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Narcissism

The prevalence of narcissistic traits has risen sharply, paralleling the rise in obesity since the 1980s. Social media platforms play a significant role in this trend by providing a stage for individuals to present idealized versions of themselves, which often mask their flaws and emphasize socially desirable qualities.

Narcissism

Narcissism

Issues

Drive for power
Desire to increase power held by individuals
Change and Continuity
A trend towards an increasing number of narcissists
Search for Identity
Narcissism is rooted in underlying feelings of inadequacy.

Solutions

Parental upbringing
Instilling a healthy sense of self-esteem by praising children in a controlled manner
Limitations by social media platforms
Facebook’s policy does not allow users to register until age 13.

Effects

Role playing games
Effects one's confidence
Dominance shown through power in-game

Translate to real life

Online behavior reflected offline- expectations of submission

Conformity to the pronounced
Individuals from a variety of social groups may find it difficult to share their opinions without facing backlash from narcissists

Reluctance and oppression

Creating the fake online persona
Idolization of others through comparison

UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

Unrealistic portrait of themselves
Mask their flaws

Most witty best points about themselves

Using their best pictures on their profile

Inflate their merits
Correlation between social media and narcissism
The "About me" section of social media includes identity statements

"look at me"

Allows narcissists to have a platform to inform as many others of what they are doing

Problems

Narcissistic personality traits are prominent in the modern day
An increasing number of people putting value in approval in the online premise

Appeals to boosting their fragile egos

Hiding flaws and emphasizing socially desirable qualities

Allows for the construction of an ideal image to a large audience

An increasing number of people putting in value in cosmetic beauty
In data from 37,000 college students, narcissistic personality traits rose just as fast as obesity from the 1980s to the present