Contingencies of Self-Worth and Social-Networking-Site Behavior

@article{Stefanone2011ContingenciesOS,
  title={Contingencies of Self-Worth and Social-Networking-Site Behavior},
  author={Michael Stefanone and Derek Lackaff and Devan Rosen},
  journal={Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking},
  year={2011},
  volume={14 1-2},
  pages={
          41-9
        },
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:8585314}
}
The appearance contingency for self-worth had the strongest relationship with the intensity of online photo sharing, although no relationship was evident for time spent managing profiles, and exploratory factor analyses revealed an underlying structure to the seven dimensions of self- Worth.
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