Much previous research has focused on the important role played by personality constructs in developing addictive use of social media. However, no investigation has yet been conducted examining the association between dispositional authenticity and online self-idealization, or the authentic self-expression hypothesis and the risk of becoming addicted to social media. To fill this gap, the present study tested a path model that hypothesized direct and indirect effects of the three components of authentic personality on social media addiction via selfitis behaviors. Participants (N = 490; M_age = 20.31 years, SD = 3.76) recruited from high schools and universities completed a self-report survey assessing the three authentic personality traits, selfitis behaviors, and social media addiction. Results generally confirmed the supposed pathways. Direct and indirect effects on social media addiction were discussed by integrating the two mechanisms of compensation related to individual dispositions with the online self-idealizing and authentic self-expression hypothesis underlying selfitis behaviors. Whereas self-alienation was found to have positive direct and indirect effects on increasing of the likelihood of becoming addicted to social media, both traits of the tendency to accept external influence and authenticity showed indirect effects in opposite directions on the risk of addictive use of social media. Findings from the present study extend previous research by exploring inter-individual differences in predisposing and reinforcing factors associated with the online self-presentation.

以前的许多研究都集中在人格结构​​在发展社交媒体成瘾性使用方面所发挥的重要作用。然而，尚未进行任何调查来检查性格真实性与在线自我理想化之间的关联，或者真实的自我表达假设与对社交媒体上瘾的风险。为了填补这一空白，本研究测试了一个路径模型，该模型假设真实人格的三个组成部分通过自我炎行为对社交媒体成瘾产生直接和间接影响。参与者 (N = 490; M_年龄 = 20.31 年，SD = 3.76）从高中和大学招募完成了一项自我报告调查，评估了三个真实的人格特征、自我炎行为和社交媒体成瘾。结果通常证实了假设的途径。通过将与个人性格相关的两种补偿机制与基于自我炎行为的在线自我理想化和真实的自我表达假设相结合，讨论了对社交媒体成瘾的直接和间接影响。尽管发现自我异化对增加对社交媒体上瘾的可能性有积极的直接和间接影响，但接受外部影响的倾向和真实性这两个特征都对社交媒体上瘾的风险显示出相反方向的间接影响。媒体。