Understanding neuroticism and social media: A systematic review

Bowden-Green, Thomas; Hinds, Joanne; Joinson, Adam

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2020.110344

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“…Specific trends in the findings include people with high trait neuroticism posting longer updates (such as Bai et al, 2012 ) and negative emotions (such as Kern et al, 2014 ); whereas those high in extraversion tend to use positive words (such as Hall et al, 2014 ), use social media frequently (such as Correa et al, 2010 ) and regularly post content (such as Bachrach et al, 2012 ). For reviews of these findings, see Bowden-Green et al (2020 , 2021) .…”

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Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

2021

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This paper explores individuals’ motives for using social media when living under ‘social distancing’ conditions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they were instructed to physically distance from other people. Adopting a ‘uses and gratifications’ approach, and using a previously established five-factor scale, we examine the relationship between individuals’ motives for using social media and their personality traits. Hundred and eighty-nine social media users living in the United Kingdom completed surveys assessing their motives for using social media and their personality. Our findings demonstrate that participants were generally motivated to use social media to ‘pass time’ and to ‘maintain relationships.’ Further, we find that those high in extraversion in particular use social media to ‘maintain relationships.’ By comparing our findings to previous studies where face-to-face interaction was not restricted, our findings indicate that individuals’ motives for using social media change when they are placed under physical distancing restrictions. We reflect on the potential application of our findings for others experiencing similar conditions, such as those working in remote locations, as well as the potential implications for living in a post-pandemic world with increased virtual ‘meetings’ using social media.

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Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

2021

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“…Since neuroticism can be manifested as loneliness and anxiety (Cattell & Mead, 2008), it is also not uncommon for social media users with high trait neuroticism to engage in frequent parallel activities involving self-presentation (e.g., posting comments and photos) (C. Ross et al, 2009), which tend to be more elaborate (Bai et al, 2012), more negative (Kern et al, 2014), and more socially desirable and less truthful ). It appears that the reluctance to engage other users via digital media might reflect social anxiety or the fear of being negatively evaluated by other users that is typically experienced by social media users with high trait neuroticism (Bowden-Green et al, 2021). A major complication in the search for user variables is that different individual factors may interact both with one another as well as with contextual factors, often in a nonlinear way.…”

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Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Digital Media Research

Michikyan¹

2022

Handbook of Adolescent Digital Media Use and Mental Health

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Decades of research on adolescence has demonstrated that contexts such as families, peer groups, schools, and neighborhoods play an important role in adolescent development (Petersen, 1993;Steinberg & Morris, 2001). To these well-accepted contextual influences, we should add mediaboth mass media (e.g., television, films, and music) as well as new digital media, which include the Internet (e.g., websites, online forums and communities, and video-and image-sharing platforms), communication applications/platforms (e.g., social media and messaging apps), and electronic games. Survey data suggest that digital media have become ubiquitous in young people's lives (Anderson & Jiang, 2018;Rideout & Robb, 2019); of particular note is that a majority of US adolescents now have access to a computer or smartphone, with 95% reporting access to a smartphone and 45% reporting that they are online almost all the time (Anderson & Jiang, 2018).Research to date suggests that adolescents primarily use digital media for information, communication, and entertainment, with peer interaction and communication becoming especially popular (Anderson & Jiang, 2018;Subrahmanyam & Greenfield, 2008;Valkenburg & Peter, 2011). In prior work, we have suggested that new digital worlds should be considered an important developmental context during adolescence (Subrahmanyam & Šmahel, 2011;Subrahmanyam et al., 2006). Not only are digital media an important social context, but they have also become instrumental in adolescents' interactions with other key contexts such as friends and families. Relationships with friends and families are predictive of health and wellbeing during adolescence (Moore et al., 2018) and it is important to understand the impact of youths' digital media use on their psychological well-being and mental health. 1 This handbook brings together the multidisciplinary scholarship on adolescent social media use and mental health, and critically evaluates the extant research to provide a blueprint for future research. In this introductory chapter, we first provide an overview of the definitions and terminology related to digital media and social media, an overview of adolescents' digital media use at the time of this writing, and a brief historical account of the study of adolescents' social media use. In the second part of the chapter, we describe some of the key methodological and conceptual issues pertaining to adolescent digital media use research.

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“…Social media addiction, one of the main factors of excessive internet use, may cause psychological disorders like anxiety and destructive effects on personal development (Colwell & Kato, 2003). This addiction can also lead to (i) significant adverse effects such as withdrawal and excessive engagement (Rajesh & Rangaiah, 2020) and (ii) a number of problems such as friendship difficulties, depression, poor quality of sleep, excessive mental occupation, repetitive thoughts about control of use, and failure to prevent access (Andreassen, 2015;Bowden-Green et al, 2021). In addition to the findings as mentioned above, several studies in the literature have revealed meaningful relationships between these internet-based addictions and certain psychological conditions and disorders.…”

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“…Excessive internet use, known as internet addiction, net addiction, social media addiction, and pathological internet use, results in significant problems in business and social life (Widyanto & Griffiths, 2007). Various studies in the literature have revealed that internet and social media addiction can cause (i) psychological problems like anxiety as well as adverse effects on personal development (Colwell & Kato, 2003), (ii) significant negative consequences such as withdrawal and excessive engagement (Rajesh & Rangaiah, 2020), and (iii) grave disorders like friendship difficulties, depression, poor quality of sleep, excessive mental occupation, repetitive thoughts about control of use, and failure to prevent access (Andreassen, 2015;Bowden-Green et al, 2021).…”

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Does Social Media Addiction Differ by Personality Traits? A Study on Undergraduate Tourism Students

Tekin

TURHAN

2021

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The potential relationship between social media addiction and personality traits is an essential topic in tourism studies, though it is rarely examined. Thus, this study aims to examine whether undergraduate tourism students are addicted to social media and, if so, the possible relationship between this addiction and their personality traits. The research used the descriptive method, one of the quantitative research methods. The questionnaire technique and the convenience sampling method were preferred to amass the data. Data were collected from 454 undergraduate tourism students and analyzed with the Pearson correlation test by using SPSS 25. This research has revealed that the students' dominant personality trait is agreeableness with a low-level social media addiction. The research has also found a positive relationship between neuroticism personality traits and social media addiction and a negative relationship between personality traits of extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and social media addiction. The research has revealed that tourism students are dependent on social media. Social media addiction is a type of addiction that harms individuals' personal development and business life. Accordingly, theoretical and practical studies should be carried out to combat this addiction. To this end, it is crucial to develop more sophisticated combating methods according to an individual's personality traits and carry out awareness and training studies in the practical field. The literature has scarcely examined the relationship between undergraduate tourism students' personality traits and social media addiction. Therefore, this study is believed to contribute to filling an important gap in the literature.

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Understanding neuroticism and social media: A systematic review

Cited by 38 publications

References 84 publications

Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach

Methodological and Conceptual Issues in Digital Media Research

Does Social Media Addiction Differ by Personality Traits? A Study on Undergraduate Tourism Students

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