A study to assess personality, social adjustment, and social desirability of young adults who post their selfie on social media

Pages: 1605-1608
Anwesa Bandyopadhyay and Ushri Banerjee (Department of Applied Psychology, Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal)

The purpose of the study is to assess whether there is a relation between personality, social adjustment and social desirability of young adults who post their selfie on social media. The individuals who frequently take and post selfie on social media and individuals who comparatively take and post less selfie on social media were also compared on the above-mentioned dimensions. A total sample of 120includes subjects of both sex who post their selfie on social media, educated upto at least secondary level, age range of 16-30 years, from urban Kolkata using purposive sampling method. All the participants were administered NEO five factor inventory, Social Adjustment Inventory and Marlow Crown Social Desirability Scale to assess their personality, social adjustment and social desirability respectively. The result showed that there is a high correlation between agreeableness and social adjustment and there is a significant difference between individuals who frequently take and post selfie on social media and individuals who comparatively take and post less selfie on social media with respect to their extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness and social adjustment.