APS

2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022

Social Media Addiction in Relation to Personality

Chicago, IL · May 2022

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Maria Esposito
  • Julia Patras
  • Sara Hammerle
  • Scott Ross
    DePauw University
  • Robert West
    DePauw University

Abstract

This study researched how an individual's level of social media addiction is related to the Big Five personality traits. We found that higher levels of social media use is positively correlated with the Withdrawal and Volatility aspects of Neuroticism, and that social media addiction is negatively associated with Industriousness.

Personality Traits

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