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Can You Guess Who I Am? Real, Ideal, and False Self-Presentation on Facebook Among Emerging Adults
Abstract
Emerging adulthood is an important period for self-development, and youth use online contexts for self-exploration and self-presentation. Using a multiple self-presentation framework, the present study examined emerging adults’ presentation of their real self, ideal self, and false self on Facebook, and the relation between their identity state, psychosocial well-being, and online self-presentation. Participants ( N = 261; 66 males, 195 females M age 22) completed self-report measures of identity state, well-being, and self-presentation on Facebook. Respondents reported presenting their real self more than their ideal self and false self on Facebook. A path analysis suggested that emerging adults who reported having more coherent identity states also reported presenting their real self on Facebook to a greater extent. However, those with a less coherent sense of the self and lower self-esteem reported presenting their false self on Facebook to a greater extent. Implications for methodology and future directions are discussed.
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- Authors
- Michikyan, M., Dennis, J., & Subrahmanyam, K.
- Affiliations
- California State University Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Michikyan, Minas
- Venue
- Emerging Adulthood
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-04-24
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 55-64
- ISSN
- 2167-6968 (ISSN-L)
- 2167-6984
- OpenAlex
- W1989469339
- Cited by
- 234
- References
- 59
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 35.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Emerging Adulthood (publishedVersion)
- University of North Florida Digital Commons (University of North Florida) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- self-presentation, Facebook, true self, ideal self, false self, identity coherence, self-esteem, psychosocial well-being, online identity, social media
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