Selfies have become such a big global phenomenon, that in the year 2013 the Oxford dictionary marked the word »selfie« as the word of the year, and it's popularity is still increasing. Research has shown that among the photographs, which are posted on social media, selfies are one of the most popular types of posted photographs and that primerly young poeple are making and posting selfies. In my master's thesis I examined the correlation between selfie posting frequency, the importance of feedback, given to posted selfies (likes and comments) and diffrent motives for posting selfies on social media with psychological well-being and life satisfaction, narcissism as a personality trait and self-esteem among young people in early adulthood in Slovenia. My research has shown that lower personal growth predicts more frequent selfie posting on social media. More autonomous people give less importance to the feedback of their posted selfies. People who feel they have more intimate and satisfying relationships with others, want to keep the already existing good relationships in the future, that is why they give more importance to the feedback of their posted selfies. Also higher narcissism as a personality trait predicts giving more importance to the feedback of their posted selfies. People who are generally more satisfied with their lives and people with higher personal growth, less often post selfies because of attention seeking. Having less control of the environment and feeling a greater meaning of life, predicts more frequent selfie posting because of archiving. In the future it would be good to do the research in different countries and with different age groups and maybe do a study, where we could get online accounts of the participants, check the number of selfies in comparison to the total number of photos posted online and examine other selfie posting behaviour and not just a research, based on participant's self-reporting.
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