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. 2019 Dec 11;28(1):123–129. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_30_19

Table 1.

Association of selfie-posting with age, sex, and personality factors

Variable Selfie-posting frequency
χ2 P
1. Never/rarely (n=382) 2. Occasionally (n=200) 3. Often/always (n=145) Total (n=727)
Age, mean±SD 22.21±1.52 22.00±1.38 21.75±1.35 22.11±1.47 0.16 0.84a
Sex, n (%)
 Males 176 (24.21) 76 (10.45) 48 (6.60) 300 (41.27) 7.38 0.02b
 Females 206 (28.34) 124 (17.06) 97 (13.34) 427 (58.73)
Personality, mean±SD
 Extraversion 18.00±3.20 26.00±2.53 33.50±1.53 23.30±6.74 93.34 <0.001c1 versus 2<0.001d1 versus 3<0.001d2 versus 3<0.001d
 Agreeableness 20.11±5.06 24.21±5.93 25.79±4.49 22.38±5.72 23.258 <0.001c1 versus 2<0.001d1 versus 3<0.001d2 versus 3<0.001d
 Neuroticism 28.90±7.30 18.27±2.08 17.63±5.33 23.73±8.02 56.413 <0.001c1 versus 2<0.001d1 versus 3<0.001d2 versus 3<0.001d
 Conscientiousness 26.38±9.88 26.97±7.43 25.42±6.42 26.35±8.614 3.54 0.17c
 Openness 30.81±12.23 30.21±11.73 28.96±13.91 30.28±12.36 0.049 0.97c

aANOVA test, bChi-square test, cKruskal–Wallis test, dMann–Whitney U-test. P<0.05 is statistically significant. SD – Standard deviation