Facebook Profiles and Personality Flashcards
Personality in Profiles - Predictions, Narcissism
Increase narcissism would result in more frequent Facebook use
Personality in Profiles - Predictions, Neuroticism
Increased neuroticism, shyness and social anxiety woll result in increase Facebook use as a form of contacting friends
Personality in Profiles - Ross et al 2009
Looked at Facebook profile self-reports and 5-Factor Model
Extraverts tend to be members of more groups
Neurotics preferred to use the Facebook wall, emotionally stable people preferred posting photos
Personality in Profiles - Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitxky 2010
Looked at Facebook profile observer-reports and 5-Factor Model
Replicated findings of Ross et al 2009
Back et al 2010 - Hypotheses
Extended real life hypothesis where the Facebook profile portrays true personality
Idealised virtual identity hypothesis where the Facebook profile does not portray true personality, but shows an ideal concept of who the individual would like to be
Back et al 2010 - Method
236 US and German participants
Self-report Big-5 traits and ideal-self
Observer-report Facebook profile
Back et al - Results
Supported the extended real life hypothesis
Observer accuracy was high, especially for Extraversion and Openness to Experience
Accuracy for Neuroticism was low due to difficulty in detection
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Hypotheses, Conscientiousness
People low in Conscientiousness and high in loneliness will use Facebook more often
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Hypotheses, Neuroticism
High Neuroticism will correlate to increased wall posting due to the ability to control what is posted
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Hypotheses, Extraversion
Extraverts will be more likely to use communicative features such as chats
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Hypotheses, Narcissism
Narcissists will use self-promoting statuses and photos
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Hypotheses, Users vs Non-Users
Users will show increased Narcissim and Extraversion
Non-Users will be lower in Conscientiousness and be more lonely
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Method
1324 Australian internet users
Big-5 traits, Narcisissm Personality Scale, Shyness, Loneliness, Facebook Usage
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Results, Neuroticism
People high in neuroticism used the Facebook wall more
Correlate to Facebook Usage = +.20
Ryan & Xenos 2011 - Results, Narcissism
Narcissists posted more photos and status updates
