Selfie-related concepts and behaviors among Egyptian and Saudi nursing students: a comparative study

Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 7 Relationship between share selfies on social media among Egyptian and Saudi nursing students and their gender, self-esteem, and body image perception

Variables	Egyptian students share selfies on social media							Saudi students share selfies on social media
	Rare		Usually		Always		No.	Rare		Usually		Always		No.
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%.	No.	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Gender
Females	39	36.1	53	49.1	16	14.8	108	38	38.8	46	46.9	14	14.3	98
Males	6	14.3	21	50.0	15	35.7	42	12	23.1	23	44.2	17	32.7	52
χ² (p value)	11.2 (0.0004)							8.1 (0.02)
Self-esteem level
High self-esteem	21	26.9	38	48.7	19	24.4	78	15	25.9	31	53.4	12	20.7	58
Need support	23	33.8	34	50.0	11	16.2	68	31	37.3	33	39.8	19	22.9	83
Low self-esteem	1	25.0	2	50.0	1	25.0	4	4	44.4	5	55.6	0	.0	9
χ² (p value)	1.84 (0.8)							5.4 (0.25)
Body image perception
Positive body image	23	29.9	39	50.6	15	19.5	77	24	35.3	32	47.1	12	17.6	68
Negative body image	22	30.1	35	47.9	16	21.9	73	26	31.7	37	45.1	19	23.2	82
χ² (p value)	1.6 (0.9)							0.72 (0.697)