Selfitis Behavior in Relation to Narcissism, Personality, Self Esteem and Body Image Among Female Youth

Abstract

Background: The taking of selfie is possibly not a stand-alone action because it takes on other dimensions when it is shared on social networking sites (SNSs). These actions facilitate selfie-takers to present themselves in a controlled way. When we are talking about term Selfitis behavior, it includes at least 3 selfies are posting in a single day, so selfitis behavior is becoming very interesting topic in these days, that’s reason we are considering this in our research. In the present study four variables are very related with selfitis behavior, one is narcissism, second is personality, third is self esteem, and fourth is body image. Objective: The objective of the present study was to explore the relationship between selfitis behavior, narcissism, personality, self esteem and body image, among university female students. Methods & Material: In this study 100 females, age ranged were 22–23 years studying at university levels from different universities located in Ludhiana District (Punjab) has included. Selfitis behavior, narcissism, personality, self esteem and body image were assessed by psychological tests. Results: To find out the results Pearson product-moment correlations was used, the results showed that there are relationships between all these variables.