ABSTRACT

In this study, we examine the social and psychological motives for a set of strategic selfie-related behaviour including the manipulation and sharing digital images of oneself, captured by oneself. We argue that attachment anxiety stemming from provider relationships at a young age explains development of self-worth based on approval from others. The proposed mediation model demonstrates that approval-based self-worth then predicts selfie-related behaviour. Given the cross-cultural nature of our data, we conducted multi-group comparisons using nationality as a grouping variable. Path analysis results from culturally distinct samples of Singaporean (N = 236) and American participants (N = 336) revealed that approval-based self-worth mediated the relationship between attachment anxiety and selfie capturing frequency. The model explained more variance in American participants’ selfie-related behaviour. Attachment anxiety predicted composition editing and subject editing, but only for Americans. Implications for future research are discussed in evolving technological and cross-cultural contexts.

摘要

在这项研究中，我们研究了一系列与自拍相关的策略性行为的社会和心理动机，包括操纵和分享自己拍摄的自己的数字图像。我们认为，源于年轻时提供者关系的依恋焦虑解释了基于他人认可的自我价值发展。所提出的中介模型表明，基于认可的自我价值可以预测与自拍相关的行为。鉴于我们数据的跨文化​​性质，我们使用国籍作为分组变量进行了多组比较。新加坡人 ( N  = 236) 和美国参与者 ( N = 336) 揭示了基于认可的自我价值在依恋焦虑和自拍频率之间的关系中起中介作用。该模型解释了美国参与者自拍相关行为的更多差异。依恋焦虑预示着作文编辑和主题编辑，但仅限于美国人。在不断发展的技术和跨文化背景下讨论了对未来研究的影响。