The relationship between social network usage and some personality traits

Journal Title: Journal of Human Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 14, Issue 3

Abstract

The aim of the research, is to examine the relationship between adolescents' five-factor personality features by use of Social Media. As for sample, there are 548 girl and 441 boy students and they are between the ages of 11-18.  Adolescents’ data participating in the study, are determined by Big Five Factor personality traits Scale. Prepared data on the use of social media called "Personal Information Form" has been obtained by researcher. In the analysis of data, understanding of social media use times whether it differs according to big five personality traits, According to the social media using time, there was no significant difference between the agreeableness and openness subscales. On the other hand, there is a significant differences between conscientiousness, extraversion and neuroticism.  In association with five personality traits of social media purpose, it was found that there are significant differences with different personality traits for each purpose.

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Asena Yılmaz, Mehmet Bilgin

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Asena Yılmaz, Mehmet Bilgin (2017). The relationship between social network usage and some personality traits. Journal of Human Sciences, 14(3), 2219-2243. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-643837