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Personality Variables as Predictors of Facebook Usage

Marco Elio TabacchiFabrizio ScrimaMaurizio CardaciBarbara Caci

subject

AdultMaleSettore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleAgreeablenessAdolescentPersonality Inventorymedia_common.quotation_subject050801 communication & media studies050109 social psychologyHierarchical structure of the Big FiveSocial NetworkingExtraversion PsychologicalYoung Adult0508 media and communicationsOpenness to experienceHumansPersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesFacebook Personality Individual Differences on-line Research MethodologyGeneral PsychologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonNeuroticismExtraversion and introversionSettore INF/01 - Informatica05 social sciencesConscientiousnessMiddle AgedAnxiety DisordersNeuroticismItaly[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/PsychologyFemaleInformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUSPersonality Assessment InventoryPsychologySocial MediaSocial psychologyPersonality

description

This study investigates the role of personality factors as predictors of Facebook usage. Data concerning Facebook usage and personality factors from 654 Facebook users were gathered using a web survey. Using path analysis, the results showed Openness was a predictor of Facebook early adoption, Conscientiousness with sparing use, Extraversion with long sessions and abundant friendships, and Neuroticism with high frequency of sessions. The possible role of Agreeableness in predicting low session frequency and friendships needs further validation.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
10.2466/21.09.pr0.114k23w6https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02442966