Social media and narcissism

The advent of the social media may have been positive in many respects but it may have some psychological side-effects.
A growing body of evidence point to an epidemic of narcissism in social media. The self promoting social network are the perfect stage for narcissist to thrive in their disorder. So much that many of the most active users of social network present strong trait of  narcissistic personality disorder (NPD).

While it is possible to make correlation between overactive users and NDP, it is very difficult to determine if the social networks are causing NDP. Considering that the disorder is likely to develop before the age of 7 it seems more probable that social media attract narcissistic people because the structure of the network feed their need of shallow love and self promotion.
The source of the narcissism epidemic is therefor rooted in our parenting habits and social standards with children.