An investigation of Big Five and narrow personality traits in relation to Internet usage

Landers, Richard N.; Lounsbury, John W.

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“…In contrast to the findings of Landers and Lounsbury (2006), they found that after controlling for computer anxiety, self-efficacy, and gender, Openness to Experience was positively correlated with Internet use, and Neuroticism showed a trend to predict Internet use. They also examined Internet use and cognitive style using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and found no significant relationship.…”

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“…High agreeableness is associated with high quality relationships among team members whereas low agreeableness is associated with a lack of concern for others. The Big 5 traits will be described in more detail in Section 4. and Lounsbury (2006) studied the relationship of the Big 5 Personality traits with Internet usage with 117 university students. Students filled out the Big 5 personality inventory and then also completed an 8-point item of Internet usage ranging from less than one hour/day to more than 10 h/day.…”

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

Mark

Ganzach

2014

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…La relación entre el uso problemático y la baja responsabilidad se debe posiblemente a dificultades en la organización, autodisciplina, cumplimiento de normas y compromisos (John et al, 1999). No se encontró relación entre apertura a la experiencia y el uso problemático de Internet, al igual que Landers et al (2006). Sin embargo es necesario mencionar que esta dimensión presentó baja fiabilidad.…”

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El modelo de los cinco grandes factores de personalidad y el uso problemático de Internet en jóvenes colombianos

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Carbonell

2014

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Test (Young, 1998), para determinar el grado de uso de Internet (controlado, problemático o adictivo). Los resultados revelaron que el 9.7% de la muestra presenta un uso problemático de Internet.Este porcentaje era en su mayoría masculino (χ 2 = 12.93; p= 0.01) y realizaba actividades de comunicación y ocio. El uso problemático correlaciona positivamente con neuroticismo y negativamente con afabilidad y responsabilidad. Por otra parte, no tiene relación con extraversión y apertura a la experiencia. Ser mujer y la dimensión de responsabilidad son factores protectores del uso problemático, mientras que el neuroticismo lo predice. En conclusión, los datos aportan evidencia empírica en el estudio de la relación entre la personalidad y el uso problemático de Internet.

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“…If this processing results in positive beliefs about the technology -that the technology will facilitate effective job performance -then, Conscientiousness will magnify those beliefs and increase behavioral intentions (Devaraj et al, 2008). Landers and Lounsbury (2004) found that Conscientiousness was positively associated with relative Internet usage for academic purposes, but negatively associated with relative Internet usage for leisure functions. Wang et al (2010) found Conscientiousness to have a significant negative influence on Perceived Enjoyment, which in turn was a determinant of blogging intention.…”

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Determinants of Intention to Use eLearning Based on the Technology Acceptance Model

Punnoose¹

2012

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Executive SummaryThe purpose of this study was to find some of the predominant factors that determine the intention of students to use eLearning in the future. Since eLearning is not just a technology acceptance decision but also involves cognition, this study extended its search beyond the normal technology acceptance variables into variables that could affect the cognition of an individual due to his or her unique characteristics.The variables in the literature of technology acceptance studies can be classified broadly into 5 categories. They are Individual Differences, Beliefs, Attitude, Behavioral Intention, and Actual Behavior. Since the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) is the most widely used model to study the acceptance of technology, this study adopted TAM and further extended it based on the recommendations from the literature of information systems and information technology.It can be said that eLearning is in the 'Early Adopters' stage in the academic sector and at the 'Early Majority' stage in the corporate sector of the innovation diffusion process. Individual differences are among the external variables said to influence the belief variables in TAM. The research intent is to understand what individual differences can be observed as the characteristics of early adopters of eLearning. Personality traits are one of the predominant measures of individual differences. This study employs the big five personality trait measures to measure the personality types of individuals engaged in eLearning and how they influence their decision to further engaging in eLearning. The variables of the research model are categorized into individual differences, beliefs and behavior. Apart from the TAM variables, i.e., Perceived Ease of Use (PEU) and Perceived Usefulness (PU), this study has incorporated Perceived Enjoyment (PE) which is a measure of intrinsic motivation and Subjective Norms (SN) into the beliefs variables category.This research was conducted among the master degree students of eLearning programs at a University in Thailand. There are 750 students who have completed or are currently enrolled in these programs at the university. The students comprise both Thai national and international students. A total of 249 usable questionnaires were collected. The respondents studied in eLearning master degree programs from a total of 26 different countries with majority of the respondents (83 percent) residing in Thailand. Most of the respondents (67 percent) had no prior experience with eLearning and the majority (64 percent) of respondents were females. Compared to the females, the males enjoyed eLearning more and expressed stronger intentions to use eLearning in the future.Respondents with prior eLearning expeMaterial published as part of this publication, either on-line or in print, is copyrighted by the Informing Science Institute. Permission to make digital or paper copy of part or all of these works for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for ...

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An investigation of Big Five and narrow personality traits in relation to Internet usage

Cited by 393 publications

References 43 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

El modelo de los cinco grandes factores de personalidad y el uso problemático de Internet en jóvenes colombianos

Determinants of Intention to Use eLearning Based on the Technology Acceptance Model

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