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Attachment; Attention seeking; Belonging; Facebook; Histrionic personality disorder; Loneliness; Reassurance seeking; Social media; Social media integration; Vaguebooking
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#Storyofmylife: Personality Characteristics Associated With Attention Seeking Behavior Online And Social Media Use In Emerging Adulthood, Chloe Berryman
#Storyofmylife: Personality Characteristics Associated With Attention Seeking Behavior Online And Social Media Use In Emerging Adulthood, Chloe Berryman
HIM 1990-2015
The intent of this study was to explore to what extent loneliness, need for belonging, and parent-child relationships relate to time spent communicating via social media. The study also focused on predicting social media integration and vaguebooking, an attention seeking behavior on social media. Results from a sample of 471 college students indicated that need for belonging was related to more time spent communicating with friends online. Parent-child relationship, social anxiety, and loneliness were not significantly correlated with social media use. Need for belonging predicted social media integration and loneliness predicted vaguebooking. Histrionic symptoms significantly predicted both social media integration …