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Selfies and the (Creative) Self: A Diary Study

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
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Title
Selfies and the (Creative) Self: A Diary Study
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, February 2017
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00172
Pubmed ID
Authors

Maciej Karwowski, Arkadiusz Brzeski

Abstract

In this diary investigation, over 2 weeks we monitored the intensity of selfie posting among 292 Facebook users (60% females), aged between 18 and 50, to estimate the extent of selfying's day-to-day variability and its predictors. The obtained effect was large; 64% of the variability in selfying was located within rather than between individuals. Day-to-day changes in creative activity explained a significant proportion of selfying, similarly as previous creative achievement did. At the same time, intelligence was negatively linked to the intensity of selfie posting and moderated the relationship between creative achievements and selfying. We discuss hypothetical links between selfie posting and the situational and individual differences characteristics related to creativity and cognitive abilities.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 2%
China 1 2%
Luxembourg 1 2%
Unknown 44 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 19%
Student > Master 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 4 9%
Other 4 9%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 9%
Other 12 26%
Unknown 9 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 13 28%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 11%
Social Sciences 5 11%
Arts and Humanities 4 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 13 28%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 114. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 September 2022.
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#377,696
of 25,822,778 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#787
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#8,224
of 427,102 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#23
of 462 outputs
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