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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Psychol. 2012 Apr 2;48(3):334–343. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2011.649285

TABLE 2.

The characteristics of profile photographs for East Asian and American Facebook users

East Asian (n =156) American (n =156) X2

Total % of Total Total % of Total
Body portion 17.3**
Full body 44 28.0% 40 25.9%
Head with partial body 111 71.2% 97 62.2%
Head only 1 0.9% 19 12.0%

Smile intensity 7.57*
Smile with teeth 71 45.5% 91 58.3%
Smile without teeth 45 28.6% 26 16.5%
No smile 40 25.9% 39 25.2%

Photo background 0.20
Indoor 63 40.6% 61 39.1%
Outdoor 82 52.4% 82 52.8%
Unsure 11 7.1% 13 8.1%

Number of people 4.46
Only one person 119 76.1% 105 67.1%
More than one person 36 23.3% 51 32.9%
Large group (>6 people) 1 0.6% 0 0.0%

χ2 = chi-square value;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01.