The Five-Factor Model of personality and Degree and Transitivity of Facebook social networks

Autor: Markku Verkasalo, Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, Panu Poutvaara, Juha V.A. Itkonen
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Research in Personality. 50:98-101
ISSN: 0092-6566
Popis: The present study examined the associations of the Five-Factor Model personality dimensions with Degree (number of friends) and Transitivity (the likelihood that two of a person’s friends are friends with each other) of a person’s network on the social networking site Facebook. A Facebook application administered a personality questionnaire and objectively recorded properties of the participants’ (N = 5031; 65% female, mean age 33 years) social networks. As expected, Extraversion predicted Degree, whereas Openness to Experience and, among men, Agreeableness predicted more cross-sex friendships. Also as expected, Extraversion and, among men, Openness to Experience predicted lower Transitivity, but the former association was rendered insignificant when Degree was controlled for.
Databáze: OpenAIRE