Does Internet use reflect your personality? Relationship between Eysenck’s personality dimensions and Internet use

Tosun, Leman Pınar; Lajunen, Timo

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2009.10.010

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“…It has been proposed that those who score high on Introversion and Neuroticism can better express their ''true self'' through Internet communication while those who score high on Extraversion find an expression of self more in face-to-face interaction (Amichai-Hamburger et al, 2002). Evidence though has not fully supported this: Extraversion was shown to positively correlate with using the Internet to maintain both remote and face-toface friendships (Tosun & Lajunen, 2010) and was positively related to information exchange, which included email (Swickert et al, 2002). With adolescents, Extraversion was correlated with Internet communication (Wolfradt & Doll, 2001).…”

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Personality and Internet usage: A large-scale representative study of young adults

Mark

Ganzach

2014

Computers in Human Behavior

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a b s t r a c tStudies that have examined the relationship between personality and Internet use so far were largely conducted on the basis of small, non-representative samples, and have yielded conflicting results. In the current study we estimate the relationship of the Big 5 personality traits and Internet use in a large nationally representative U.S. sample of over 6900 young adults with average age of 26. Our results suggest that global Internet use is positively related to Extraversion, Neuroticism, and Conscientiousness. We also examine the relationship of the Big 5 with online communication, leisure, academic, and economic activities. Extraversion is correlated with the most different Internet activities. Our findings contrast with many of the relationships found in previous research which have used small, homogeneous samples. We discuss these differences in term of the size and type of samples which were used in previous research, in terms of the time periods of Internet development in which the research was conducted, and in terms of the Internet activities which were measured.

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Section: Communicationmentioning

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Personality and Internet usage: A large-scale representative study of young adults

Mark

Ganzach

2014

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…Contrarily, Lin (2002) and Tosun (2010) conducted a study on high school students in Taiwan and university students from Turkey, respectively, and reported higher scores for sensation seeking and lack of inhibition scale among internet users. They did not find any significant correlation between the scores of the internet dependent samples and the rest of samples in terms of life-experiment seeking, trill, and adventure seeking [31,32].…”

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Internet Dependence and Sensation Seeking in Youth With Moderate Cerebral Palsy

Rezayi

Massah

2017

IRJ

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Objectives: The present study examined excessive internet use of youths with moderate Cerebral Palsy (CP) and their psychological states in Sensation Seeking (SS). Methods:This study followed descriptive and correlation research design. Individuals aged 15 to 25 years with CP who were referred to Tehran rehabilitation centers were considered in the study. The study sample (n=150) was randomly divided into two groups of internet dependents (n=75; boys=45 and girls=30) and non-dependents (n=75; boys=45 and girls=30). Internet Addiction Test and Sensation Seeking Scale have been used for data gathering. Data were analyzed by using Pearson correlation coefficients, multivariable regression, x 2 and T tests. Results:Compared to non-dependents, the internet dependent group reported significantly more negative internet influences on daily routines such as clinical problems, poor school performance, regular nutrition, and relation with friends and family members. Both the groups pointed that internet use enhanced virtual peer relationships and provided up-to-date information. Internet dependents (both gender) scored significantly higher on disinhibition sensation seeking subscale than the internet non-dependents. However, these two groups (both gender) did not demonstrate significant differences in life experience seeking and thrill and adventure seeking subscales, but their differences were sizable.Discussion: It seems that internet applications direct or indirectly motive users to be online for more hours than necessary. This is true for CP patients given their motor impairment. Based on this research result, it seems that persons with CP because of lack of physical activities, motive by internal stimulus and seeking their sensation from external stimulus like internet application as well as for person with CP surfing in internet world and spent too much time on the internet is leisure time not activity time. A B S T R A C T

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“…Tosun and Lajunen (2010) also found the traits of Neuroticism and Psychoticism to be positively associated with expressing one's true self on the internet.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Research by Tosun & Lajunen (2010) found that higher levels of Psychoticism predicted a true self online preference, and suggested that individuals high in Psychoticism are motivated to use the internet for social interactions and for making friends to compensate for difficulties with making and maintaining friendships offline. It has been suggested (Goldberg & Rosolack, 1994) that the trait of Psychoticism, as defined by Eysenck's P-E-N model, is a mixture of low Conscientiousness and low Agreeableness, as measured by Five Factor personality measures.…”

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“…Studies by Peter, Valkenburg and Schouten (2005) and Tosun and Lajunen (2010) found that people who were motivated to use the internet to interact with others to compensate for social difficulties experienced in face-to-face interactions disclosed more about themselves online and made more online friends. Tosun and Lajunen (2010) also found the traits of Neuroticism and Psychoticism to be positively associated with expressing one's true self on the internet.…”

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The true self online: Personality correlates of preference for self-expression online, and observer ratings of personality online and offline

Marriott

Buchanan

2014

Computers in Human Behavior

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Theorists have suggested some people find it easier to express their "true selves" online than in person. Among 523 participants in an online study, Shyness was positively associated with online 'Real Me' self location, while Conscientiousness was negatively associated with an online self. Extraversion was indirectly negatively associated with an online self, mediated by Shyness. Neuroticism was positively associated with an online self, partly mediated by Shyness. 107 online and offline friends of participants provided ratings of them. Overall, both primary participants and their observers indicated that offline relationships were closer. However, participants who located their Real Me online reported feeling closer to their online friends than did those locating their real selves offline. To test whether personality is better expressed in online or offline interactions, observers' ratings of participants' personalities were compared. Both online and offline observers' ratings of Extraversion, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness correlated with participants' self-reports. However, only offline observers' ratings of Neuroticism correlated with participants' own. Except for Neuroticism, the similarity of online and offline observers' personality ratings to participants' self-reports did not differ significantly. The study provides no evidence that online self-presentations are more authentic; indeed Neuroticism may be more visibly expressed offline.

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Does Internet use reflect your personality? Relationship between Eysenck’s personality dimensions and Internet use

Cited by 91 publications

References 9 publications

Personality and Internet usage: A large-scale representative study of young adults

Personality and Internet usage: A large-scale representative study of young adults

Internet Dependence and Sensation Seeking in Youth With Moderate Cerebral Palsy

The true self online: Personality correlates of preference for self-expression online, and observer ratings of personality online and offline

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