The study examine the connection between personality and social network use via the Five-Factor Model (FFM), focused on Facebook users. The purposes of this study is to investigate if Facebook users are more likely to have specific personality traits than the Facebook nonusers, also to examine whether there are different personality traits according how individual utilize Facebook. Researchers hypothesized that individuals who ace on Extraversion are more likely to have more friends and have more information on Facebook.
237 undergraduate students (101 males and 136 females) with an average age of 22 were recruited from Israeli university as participants. The participants completed the self-report measure (NEO-PI-R) that accordingly have …show more content…
The study aimed to explore the understanding about if there are specific personality traits can be predicted through Facebook users and nonusers. Also, to investigate whether individuals’ personality can changed according to the way they utilized Facebook. The rationale of this study is to replicate and improvise the previous studies, in order to provide a more specific and generalized results to represent Facebook-related theories and greater insights for future study. The hypotheses suggest that Facebook users tend be narcissistic and extroverted, while the nonusers will be more shy and …show more content…
There are 46 males and 153 females, aged between 17 to 24 years old and own a personal profile on an SNS. Participants are directed to complete 4 different types of measurements, which is the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (FFI), Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI), Addictive tendencies scale, and also the time spent on SNSs. The NEO-FFI consisted 5 categories, including Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Each category given 5 level scales of agreement, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The results were analysed through multiple regression, it shows that the category of conscientiousness and extroversion are the significant predictors. Participants who scored higher in extroversion and lower in conscientiousness tend to spend more time on SNSs, also have greater addiction using
237 undergraduate students (101 males and 136 females) with an average age of 22 were recruited from Israeli university as participants. The participants completed the self-report measure (NEO-PI-R) that accordingly have …show more content…
The study aimed to explore the understanding about if there are specific personality traits can be predicted through Facebook users and nonusers. Also, to investigate whether individuals’ personality can changed according to the way they utilized Facebook. The rationale of this study is to replicate and improvise the previous studies, in order to provide a more specific and generalized results to represent Facebook-related theories and greater insights for future study. The hypotheses suggest that Facebook users tend be narcissistic and extroverted, while the nonusers will be more shy and …show more content…
There are 46 males and 153 females, aged between 17 to 24 years old and own a personal profile on an SNS. Participants are directed to complete 4 different types of measurements, which is the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (FFI), Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI), Addictive tendencies scale, and also the time spent on SNSs. The NEO-FFI consisted 5 categories, including Openness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Each category given 5 level scales of agreement, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. The results were analysed through multiple regression, it shows that the category of conscientiousness and extroversion are the significant predictors. Participants who scored higher in extroversion and lower in conscientiousness tend to spend more time on SNSs, also have greater addiction using