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. 2017 Jan 31;8:82. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00082

Table 2.

Descriptive statistics of selfie coding categories regarding psychological constructs and FBI.

Category Sub categorya BFI NPI SDQ BSRI FBI
E A C N O Au Ex Su En Exp Ss Va M F
Background Light 3.64 3.71 3.77 2.85 3.80 3.02 2.23 2.90 3.12 2.86 3.18 2.39 3.44 3.39 4.00 2.90
brightness (107) (0.69) (0.58) (0.55) (0.61) (0.61) (0.66) (0.55) (0.58) (0.60) (0.58) (0.50) (0.78) (0.61) (0.52) (0.55) (0.76)
Dark 3.42 3.35 3.53 3.02 3.76 2.95 2.28 2.54 3.24 2.96 3.03 2.09 3.02 3.39 3.86 3.01
(21) (0.52) (0.65) (0.54) (0.56) (0.45) (0.51) (0.45) (0.54) (0.59) (0.45) (0.43) (0.69) (0.51) (0.33) (0.45) (0.75)
Inside 3.60 3.61 3.71 2.91 3.76 3.00 2.24 2.86 3.18 2.92 3.15 2.30 3.34 3.38 3.97 3.01
Context (89) (0.69) (0.62) (0.56) (0.63) (0.60) (0.64) (0.54) (0.59) (0.61) (0.54) (0.52) (0.76) (0.61) (0.50) (0.57) (0.73)
Outside 3.59 3.75 3.79 2.80 3.85 3.02 2.23 2.80 3.05 2.78 3.16 2.44 3.43 3.42 4.01 2.78
(39) (0.64) (0.56) (0.53) (0.54) (0.55) (0.63) (0.53) (0.59) (0.57) (0.59) (0.42) (0.78) (0.62) (0.47) (0.48) (0.67)
LD 3.90 3.73 3.82 2.78 3.99 3.17 2.19 2.89 3.06 2.93 3.13 2.46 3.63 3.55 4.13 2.84
Tilt of the body (23) (0.53) (0.63) (0.41) (0.63) (0.60) (0.56) (0.56) (0.70) (0.54) (0.52) (0.32) (0.93) (0.58) (0.35) (0.42) (0.89)
RD 3.52 3.65 3.67 2.79 3.61 2.87 2.14 2.69 3.18 2.83 3.17 2.02 3.22 3.33 3.94 3.05
(29) (0.76) (0.68) (0.47) (0.62) (0.65) (0.71) (0.41) (0.53) (0.61) (0.65) (0.62) (0.67) (0.59) (0.56) (0.57) (0.50)
C 3.54 3.63 3.73 2.94 3.8 3.01 2.29 2.88 3.15 2.88 3.16 2.43 3.35 3.36 3.95 2.89
(76) (0.66) (0.60) (0.61) (0.59) (0.54) (0.62) (0.57) (0.57) (0.62) (0.54) (0.48) (0.72) (0.62) (0.56) (0.56) (0.79)
Cente 3.58 3.67 3.72 2.88 3.87 3.06 2.23 2.81 3.16 2.87 3.19 2.32 3.37 3.41 3.97 2.88
Tilt of the head (98) (0.71) (0.58) (0.55) (0.64) (0.56) (0.67) (0.51) (0.59) (0.61) (0.58) (0.48) (0.74) (0.63) (0.50) (0.49) (0.76)
Tilted 3.69 3.61 3.77 2.86 3.54 2.82 2.26 2.93 3.08 2.89 3.05 2.41 3.37 3.34 4.01 3.02
(30) (0.53) (0.68) (0.54) (0.49) (0.60) (0.49) (0.62) (0.59) (0.58) (0.47) (0.52) (0.85) (0.57) (0.47) (0.68) (0.70)
Left 3.47 3.75 3.84 2.97 3.92 2.88 2.19 2.88 3.05 2.89 3.06 2.17 3.20 3.29 4.09 2.75
Part of the face (30) (0.71) (0.49) (0.55) (0.55) (0.65) (0.64) (0.62) (0.70) (0.59) (0.61) (0.49) (0.75) (0.55) (0.44) (0.52) (0.73)
Right 3.66 3.60 3.74 2.75 3.72 3.02 2.25 2.86 3.22 2.87 3.23 2.26 3.36 3.44 3.93 3.09
(39) (0.63) (0.67) (0.54) (0.62) (0.50) (0.64) (0.48) (0.52) (0.68) (0.53) (0.48) (0.70) (0.58) (0.43) (0.54) (0.71)
Center 3.63 3.64 3.68 2.92 3.77 3.06 2.25 2.80 3.13 2.87 3.15 2.49 3.46 3.41 3.96 2.94
(59) (0.68) (0.62) (0.56) (0.62) (0.60) (0.63) (0.54) (0.58) (0.55) (0.56) (0.49) (0.80) (0.65) (0.55) (0.55) (0.71)
Yes 3.57 3.61 3.73 2.93 3.74 3.02 2.26 2.82 3.20 2.93 3.15 2.33 3.32 3.41 3.94 2.97
Eye contact (83) (0.64) (0.61) (0.52) (0.59) (0.57) (0.61) (0.56) (0.59) (0.58) (0.54) (0.49) (0.73) (0.62) (0.46) (0.57) (0.72)
No 3.50 3.73 3.81 2.87 3.80 2.85 2.04 2.87 2.92 2.75 3.21 2.28 3.49 3.23 4.13 2.87
(23) (0.81) (0.62) (0.53) (0.65) (0.72) (0.76) (0.31) (0.5) (0.48) (0.62) (0.48) (0.74) (0.62) (0.61) (0.41) (0.81)
Horizontal 3.80 3.86 3.86 2.65 3.92 3.07 2.12 2.85 3.09 2.85 3.24 2.38 3.43 3.38 4.15 2.78
Frame of the picture (31) (0.53) (0.50) (0.56) (0.55) (0.62) (0.66) (0.45) (0.48) (0.60) (0.57) (0.48) (0.72) (0.54) (0.47) (0.48) (0.75)
Vertical 3.56 3.57 3.7 2.92 3.78 3.04 2.28 2.81 3.22 2.97 3.16 2.32 3.36 3.44 3.88 2.88
(77) (0.67) (0.61) (0.55) (0.63) (0.58) (0.59) (0.53) (0.60) (0.58) (0.51) (0.49) (0.69) (0.64) (0.43) (0.52) (0.77)
Square 3.43 3.65 3.65 3.08 3.65 2.78 2.25 2.94 2.89 2.56 2.99 2.40 3.31 3.22 4.09 3.25
(20) (0.84) (0.68) (0.53) (0.51) (0.53) (0.75) (0.66) (0.69) (0.62) (0.61) (0.47) (1.09) (0.64) (0.70) (0.65) (0.62)
Down 3.55 3.95 3.93 2.65 3.56 3.12 2.00 2.52 3.00 2.80 3.13 2.06 3.38 3.38 4.16 2.67
Head position Ordinate (5) (0.85) (0.51) (0.70) (0.56) (0.49) (0.71) (0.34) (0.64) (0.78) (0.20) (0.44) (0.76) (0.84) (0.52) (0.28) (0.64)
Center 3.55 3.68 3.75 2.83 3.80 3.02 2.26 2.88 3.08 2.88 3.19 2.36 3.42 3.39 3.94 2.87
(76) (0.68) (0.63) (0.51) (0.64) (0.53) (0.62) (0.58) (0.56) (0.57) (0.53) (0.49) (0.81) (0.60) (0.47) (0.58) (0.79)
Up 3.70 3.58 3.68 2.98 3.80 2.96 2.23 2.79 3.25 2.87 3.09 2.35 3.27 3.38 4.02 3.02
(47) (0.64) (0.58) (0.59) (0.55) (0.68) (0.67) (0.48) (0.62) (0.61) (0.64) (0.50) (0.71) (0.61) (0.52) (0.49) (0.69)
Abscissa Left 3.47 3.63 3.77 3.00 3.73 2.92 2.16 2.79 2.99 2.77 3.10 2.11 3.27 3.32 4.02 2.92
(20) (0.91) (0.68) (0.57) (0.63) (0.68) (0.74) (0.42) (0.53) (0.59) (0.70) (0.55) (0.81) (0.71) (0.54) (0.51) (0.54)
Center 3.63 3.65 3.71 2.87 3.82 2.99 2.25 2.85 3.19 2.91 3.15 2.35 3.37 3.39 3.98 2.94
(98) (0.62) (0.58) (0.54) (0.60) (0.56) (0.62) (0.55) (0.60) (0.60) (0.54) (0.49) (0.75) (0.59) (0.49) (0.53) (0.77)
Right 3.57 3.71 3.85 2.71 3.69 3.33 2.28 2.80 2.98 2.78 3.3 2.76 3.51 3.53 3.95 2.7
(10) (0.63) (0.77) (0.64) (0.62) (0.66) (0.48) (0.64) (0.66) (0.59) (0.44) (0.34) (0.78) (0.66) (0.37) (0.70) (1.00)
Mood Positive 3.60 3.62 3.74 2.92 3.80 2.98 2.26 2.87 3.17 2.86 3.14 2.40 3.41 3.40 4.02 2.98
(95) (0.68) (0.61) (0.53) (0.58) (0.57) (0.65) (0.55) (0.58) (0.59) (0.54) (0.50) (0.80) (0.60) (0.51) (0.55) (0.70)
Neutral 3.6 3.77 3.70 2.75 3.78 3.07 2.15 2.73 3.06 2.92 3.19 2.19 3.25 3.36 3.85 2.81
(33) (0.66) (0.60) (0.62) (0.67) (0.63) (0.59) (0.49) (0.63) (0.64) (0.61) (0.44) (0.65) (0.66) (0.44) (0.50) (0.78)
Social distance Personal 3.61 3.65 3.72 2.88 3.81 2.99 2.25 2.86 3.15 2.91 3.14 2.37 3.36 3.38 3.98 2.94
(107) (0.69) (0.61) (0.54) (0.63) (0.58) (0.63) (0.55) (0.61) (0.59) (0.55) (0.48) (0.80) (0.62) (0.50) (0.55) (0.75)
Social 3.58 3.67 3.79 2.87 3.70 3.08 2.15 2.73 3.10 2.70 3.20 2.23 3.41 3.41 3.99 2.93
(21) (0.60) (0.58) (0.62) (0.45) (0.60) (0.67) (0.48) (0.48) (0.66) (0.57) (0.52) (0.55) (0.61) (0.47) (0.52) (0.59)
Face-ism −0.20 0.03 0.13 0.14 0.03 −0.12 0.00 −0.01 0.27* −0.11 −.010 −0.09 −0.07 −.019 0.07 −0.08
indexb

BFI factors: extraversion (E), agreeableness (A), conscientiousness (C), neuroticism (N) and openness (O). NPI dimensions: authority (Au), exhibitionism (Ex), superiority (Su), entitlement (En), exploitativeness (Exp), self-sufficiency (Ss) and vanity (Va). BSRI subscales: masculinity (M), femininity (F). Values are represented with mean and standard deviation in brackets. Bold numbers represent statistically significant results.

a

Numerus in brackets for each subcategory.

b

Pearson's correlation with psychological constructs (in the same order as noted);

*

p < 0.05.