{"id":5278,"date":"2016-08-14T06:06:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/14\/posting-about-your-workout-on-facebook-means-youre-a-narcissist-study-says\/"},"modified":"2016-08-14T06:06:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:06:04","slug":"posting-about-your-workout-on-facebook-means-youre-a-narcissist-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/08\/14\/posting-about-your-workout-on-facebook-means-youre-a-narcissist-study-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Posting about your workout on Facebook means you&#039;re a narcissist, study says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f177166%2fgettyimages-85280101\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/Jbfgkit3D-JeF-_ighw8nUmiGdc=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F177166%2FGettyImages-85280101.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Posting+about+your+workout+on+Facebook+means+you%27re+a+narcissist%2C+study+says&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08%2F13%2Ffacebook-posters-narcissists%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F08%2F13%2Ffacebook-posters-narcissists%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you post about your CrossFit or yoga routine on Facebook, you&#8217;re probably a narcissist with a deep-seated need for outside validation, a new study says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2015\/05\/150521213743.htm\">survey<\/a> from researchers at Brunel University London <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.de\/people-who-post-their-fitness-routine-to-facebook-have-psychological-problems-study-claims-2016-8?IR=T\">spotted by Business Insider<\/a> found that the topics Facebook users choose to post about are influenced by their personality traits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People who are predisposed to narcissism more frequently post about their achievements \u2014 and that extends to achievements at the gym.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Narcissists also wrote more status updates about their diet and exercise routine, suggesting that they use Facebook to broadcast the effort they put into their physical appearance,&#8221; the researchers wrote.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/08\/13\/facebook-posters-narcissists\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/fitness\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Fitness<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/narcissists\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Narcissists<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/lifestyle\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lifestyle<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/m8MbGbDP018\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you post about your CrossFit or yoga routine on Facebook, you&#8217;re probably a narcissist with a deep-seated need for outside validation, a new study says.\u00a0 A survey from researchers at Brunel University London spotted by Business Insider found that &hellip; 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