Table 3: Correlations by Spearman’s correlation coefficient between personality traits and the reported frequency of selfie taking, selfie posting to social media, checking the number of likes their selfie received shortly after posting, and selfie sharing with friends through private messages.

Personality Trait Selfie Taking
(n = 96)
Selfie Posting
(n=88)
Checking Likes
(n=76)
Selfie Sharing
(n=88)
Self-esteem r = -0.115
p = 0.263
r = -0.165
p = 0.125
r = -0.002
p = 0.988
r = -0.003
p = 0.978
Extraversion r = 0.145
p = 0.159
r = 0.145
p = 0.179
r = 0.172
p = 0.137
r = 0.218
p = 0.042
Agreeableness r = 0.153
p = 0.606
r = 0.111
p = 0.301
r = 0.074
p = 0.527
r = 0.155
p = 0.148
Conscientiousness r = -0.091
p = 0.375
r = 0.009
p = 0.936
r = -0.053
p = 0.651
r = -0.148
p = 0.170
Emotional stability r = -0.228
p = 0.025
r = -0.238
p = 0.025
r = -0.132
p = 0.257
r = -0.096
p = 0.375
Openness to experiences r = 0.009
p = 0.932
r = 0.068
p = 0.526
r = -0.018
p = 0.874
r = -0.023
p = 0.831