Psychoanalytic Theory
posits that Narcissism is related
to attention-seeking behaviour.
In The Theory,
an excessive need
for attention or admiration
is termed narcissistic supply.
A 2019 study on adolescents with narcissistic tendencies and the use of social media explores this relation between Narcissism and attention seeking behaviour.
In the study it was found that adolescents’ social media behavior was used as a means of gaining acceptance, validation,
and attention.
The research suggests that
the need of motives behind
social acceptance
mediated the link
between social media use
and narcissism.
The research also found that attention seeking behavior increases when these adolescents experience social rejection or threats to their ego/self-image.
Henry Irving married
Florence O’Callaghan
on 15 July 1869
at St. Marylebone, London,
but his personal life took second
place to his professional life.
On opening night of The Bells,
25 November 1871, Florence, who
was pregnant with their second
child, criticised his profession :
“Are you going on making
A Fool of Yourself
like this all Your Life?”
Irving exited their carriage
at Hyde Park Corner, walked
off into the night, and chose
never to see her again.
He maintained
a discreet distance from
his children as well, but
became closer to them
as they grew older.
Florence Irving
never divorced Irving,
and once he had been knighted
she styled herself “Lady Irving”;
Irving never remarried.
