Personality Influences on Mobile Phone Usage
Year: 2009
Type: preprint
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The study examined the relationships between personality factors/facets and mobile phone usage styles. Using a sample of university students (N = 230), consistent support was found as regards the influences of personality traits on mobile phone usage style. The personality facets (factors) Liberalism (Openness) and Morality (Agreeableness) emerged as major predictors for Trendy usage of mobile phones. Trendy users prefer the latest technology. Three personality facets Self-efficacy (Conscientiousness), Cheerfulness (Extraversion), and Excitement (Extraversion) were found related to Addictive users of mobile phones who generally use mobile phones more often compared with others.Finally, Thrifty use was explained by the facets Morality (Agreeableness), Gregariousness (Extraversion), and Cooperativeness (Extraversion).
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Kamran Ahmed Siddiqui, Irfan Ahmed Mirza, Farhan Akhtar Awan, Ahmed Haseeb Hassan, Munaza Asad, Salman Zaheer
Institution: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1914060585