5 Scientific Selfie Facts That You Should Know. #5 is Most Important!

3. Men who take a lot of selfies tend to be narcissistic and psychotic!

While there are a bunch of researches saying that generally, selfie-takers have greater chances to developing psychotic tendencies, the strength of association is stronger in men.

Have nothing against this guy, but he just takes waaaay too many selfies. 😉

The discovery:
According to Ohio State University men who are selfie-obsessed and who take time to edit out or photoshop most of their pics display narcissistic, neurotic and psychotic tendencies. They also have self-objectification traits wherein their assessment of self-worth is mostly based on the physical appearance.
P.S. Seems like red flags in dating a guy. So maybe a word of caution is to be wary of selfie-obsessed dudes!

How the research was conducted:
The research looked into 800 male participants between the ages of 18-40. They were asked to fill out an online survey form asking how many selfie pictures they take, do they edit them before posting, and how regular they post and edit pictures. They were also asked to answer a personality assessment test. The results of survey and test are then correlated.

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