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"Narcissism 2.0! Would narcissists follow fellow narcissists on Instagram?" the mediating effects of narcissists personality similarity and envy, and the moderating effects of popularity

S. V. Jin,Aziz Muqaddam

2018 · DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.11.042
Computers in Human Behavior · 28 Citations

TLDR

Results of Experiment 1 indicate that the post source's popularity and viewers' need for popularity interact to moderate the causal effect of post types on perceived narcissism, and results of Experiment 2 indicate that envy mediates the causal effects of the postsource's popularity on attitude toward taking selfies, intention to take selfies, and intention to follow the post sources.