Measures Of Self-presentation Research Articles

Focus on self-presentation on social media is associated with perfectionism and eating disturbance

Abstract Background Social media use, perfectionism and eating disturbance has all increased over the last decades. Some studies indicate that there is a relationship between focus on self-presentation and social media, as well as how other present themselves on social media and eating disturbances. Nevertheless, no previous studies have investigated the link between focus on self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media, perfectionism and eating disturbances, which is the aim of the present study. Methods The present study is based on a cross-sectional survey from the “LifeOnSoMe”-study (N = 3725), conducted in 2020 and 2021. Respondents were high school students (mean age 17.3 years, 55% females) in Bergen, Norway. Multiple regression analysis was performed where SPAUSCIS, a measure of self-presentation and upward social comparison was the independent variable. Perfectionism and eating disturbance were dependent variables. Self-reported age, gender and subjective socioeconomic status were used as covariates, as well as frequency and duration of social media use. Regression models were performed to compare proportions across the median split of SPAUSCIS. Results The multiple regression analysis showed that increased focus on self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media were positively associated with both perfectionism (standard coefficient 0.28) and eating disturbances. A stronger association for girls than boys was found for eating disturbance (standard coefficient 0.39 for girls and 0.29 for boys). There was no gender moderation for perfectionism. Conclusions Findings suggests that focus on self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media is associated with perfectionism and eating disturbance. As such, promoting a healthy use of social media could be established through a focus on increasing adolescents’ ability to reflect on and think critically about self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media. Key messages • Focus on self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media is associated with perfectionism and eating disturbance among adolescents. • Promoting healthy use of social media could be established through a focus on increasing adolescents’ ability to reflect critically on self-presentation and upward social comparison on social media.

Self-Presentation in Selection Settings: the Case of Personality Tests

Based on theoretical views that applicants express meaningful skills and motivation when presenting themselves in personnel selection settings, we challenge conventional wisdom that self-presentation necessarily impairs the diagnostic value of “fakable” selection devices. Instead, we propose to supplement the traditional psychometric approach to personnel selection with a social perspective that leverages the competitive nature of selection. In order to capture an outcome of self-presentation, we introduce the Ideal Employee Coefficient (IEC) as a supplement to traditional scoring of responses to personality items. Construct and criterion-related validity evidence using the IEC was collected in two studies covering three samples from diverse settings, populations, and measures. The IEC consistently showed incremental criterion-related validity beyond the same tests’ traditional scores, as well as construct-related evidence in line with theoretical underpinnings. Findings imply that traditional personality constructs can be meaningfully aggregated with measures of self-presentation that are cost-effectively derived from the same data sources.

The Effectiveness of the Door-in-the-Face Compliance Strategy on Friends and Strangers

The author examined the impact of the door-in-the-face procedure on concerns about self-presentation and hypothesized that (a) when a friend made door-in-the-face requests, the procedure would increase the participant's concern about self-presentation more than would a single request and (b) when a stranger made door-in-the-face requests, the procedure would not increase the participant's concern about self-presentation more than would a single request. Either friends or strangers presented requests to the participants. Half the requests were in a door-in-the-face format, and the other half were single requests. After receiving the request(s), the participants completed measures of self-presentation concerns and compliance with the request. The results supported the hypothesis.