The Relationships between User Profile Pictures and Narcissism, Depression and Personality

Social media software has changed how people interact with each other. In the cyber world, user profile pictures (UPP) are important for building one's images on social media. This study conducted questionnaire surveys using the Questionnaire on the Choice of Profile Picture (QCPP), Choice of Profile Picture (QCPP), Narcissism Spectrum Scale (NSS), Center for Epidemi-ologic Studies Depression (CES-D), and Big Five Inventory (BFI) these four questionnaires or scales to examine the relations between UPP and narcissism, depression, and personality. This study found that (1) study participants do not change their UPP frequently because of identity concerns, (2) study participants of healthy narcissism (HD) often use the general type of UPP, (3) the UPP of people without depression usually show happiness (emotion), (4) neurotic subjects usually use the default type of UPP, and (5) in terms of the type of emotion, male participants' UPP often display anticipation, while female participants' UPP are mostly about fondness. UPP are our social images in the virtual world, and they reveal our personality traits. Decoding the messages hidden in UPP may help us better understand the changes and difficulties experienced by the social media users of those UPP.