Table 5: 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 according to gender.

Selfie Taking Selfie Posting Checking Likes Selfie Sharing
Female
(n = 78)
Male
(n = 18)
Female
(n = 71)
Male
(n = 17)
Female
(n = 65)
Male
(n = 11)
Female
(n = 71)
Male
(n = 17)
Self-esteem r = -0.151
p = 0.187
r = 0.022
p = 0.930
r = -0.207
p = 0.084
r = -0.178
p = 0.495
r = -0.055
p = 0.661
r = 0.055
p = 0.873
r = 0.034
p = 0.778
r = -0.391
p = 0.121
Extraversion r = 0.170
p = 0.136
r = 0.104
p = 0.681
r = 0.158
p = 0.187
r = 0.214
p = 0.409
r = 0.092
p = 0.464
r = 0.598
p = 0.052
r = 0.296
p = 0.012
r = 0.017
p = 0.949
Agreeableness r = 0.066
p = 0.564
r = -0.056
p = 0.824
r = 0.093
p = 0.440
r = 0.081
p = 0.757
r = 0.074
p = 0.559
r = 0.090
p = 0.793
r = 0.160
p = 0.184
r = 0.087
p = 0.741
Conscientiousness r = -0.078
p = 0.500
r = -0.212
p = 0.399
r = 0.011
p = 0.930
r = -0.007
p = 0.979
r = -0.032
p = 0.799
r = -0.143
p = 0.676
r = -0.167
p = 0.165
r = -0.037
p = 0.889
Emotional stability r = -0.205
p = 0.071
r = -0.263
p = 0.291
r = -0.112
p = 0.352
r = -0.535
p = 0.027
r = -0.062
p = 0.623
r = -0.395
p = 0.229
r = -0.033
p = 0.784
r = -0.334
p = 0.190
Openness to experiences r = 0.008
p = 0.944
r = 0.186
p = 0.459
r = 0.062
p = 0.606
r = 0.366
p = 0.149
r = -0.021
p = 0.870
r = 0.352
p = 0.289
r = -0.039
p = 0.746
r = -0.054
p = 0.836