Facebook’taki Benlik Sunumları, Otantiklik ve Psikolojik İyi Oluş
Self Presentations on Facebook, Authenticity and Psychological Well-being

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to examine how individuals present their selves on Facebook and how those self-presentations are related to several dimensions of their authenticity (self-alienation, acceptance of external influence and authentic life) and to their well-being (self-esteem and life satisfaction). Data were collected from 180 participants (94 students and 86 adults). In both samples, people were found to use Facebook mostly for real-self presentations, followed by the presentations for self-exploration, and next, followed by the presentations for self-deception. Various forms of self-presentations were found to be related to life satisfaction and self-esteem only in the student sample. Among students, the real and the exploratory self-presentations on Facebook were positively associated with life satisfaction, while deceptive self-presentation on Facebook was negatively associated with self-esteem. Besides, self-deception on Facebook was related to the different aspects of authenticity in two different samples: It was positively related to self-alienation and to the acceptance of external influence among students, and negatively related to the authentic life among adults.

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