For the study, 146 participants completed a personality assessment, once as their true self and once as the self they present on Facebook. Rachel Grieve and Jarrah Watkinson from University of Tasmania in Australia evaluated the psychosocial outcomes related to presenting one's true self on Facebook. Researchers found that people may express their true self more easily on Facebook than in person, and the more one's "Facebook self" differs from their true self, the greater their stress level and the less socially connected they tend to be. For the study, 146 participants completed a personality assessment once as their true self and once as the self they present on Facebook (Facebook self), as well as measures of social connectedness, subjective well-being, depression, anxiety and stress. These findings are consistent with the theory of true self, where individuals express their true self to have that self-validated by those around them, they said.

Source: dna August 22, 2016 04:30 UTC