Facebook and Irish adolescents: the relationship between social media use, personality, and well-being
Year: 2013
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study looks at Irish adolescents’ use of Facebook. It aims to investigate what \npersonality traits are related to Facebook use, and if Facebook use is related to selfesteem\n and psychological well-being. A self-report questionnaire was given to 167 \nadolescents, 95.2% of whom are Facebook users. The findings indicate relationships \nbetween Psychoticism and intense Facebook use, number of friends, time spent using \nFacebook, and using Facebook to initiate contact with strangers. They also point to \ncorrelations between Extraversion and intense Facebook use and number of friends. In \nthe older group of adolescents, relationships between Facebook use and lower sense \nof well-being are evident. Results suggest relationships between use of Facebook, \npersonality, and well-being that may inform further research
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Catherine Murphy
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1518613586