Who uses Facebook? An investigation into the relationship between the Big Five, shyness, narcissism, loneliness, and Facebook usage

By Tracii Ryan, Sophia Xenos. Computers in Human Behavior, 2011

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Analyzing the Links Between Problematic Social Media Use, Dark Triad Traits, and Self-esteem (2018, background): “Many studies have reported that personality traits are associated with social media use (Fox and Rooney 2015; Ryan and Xenos 2011), cyberbullying (Goodboy and Martin 2015), cyber aggression (Pabian et al. 2015), self-esteem (Özsoy et al. 2017), selfie behaviors (McCain et al. 2016), and trolling…”
How Social Are Social Media? A Review of Online Social Behaviour and Connectedness (2017, background): “Previously, scholars have noted that this may have been due to the fact that popular forms of social media (e.g., Facebook) were initially designed with university students in mind (Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
A tale of two sites: Twitter vs. Facebook and the personality predictors of social media usage (2012, background): “There have been several studies that have researched links between personality and Facebook (e.g. Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010; Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Ross, Orr, Sisic, Arseneault, Simmering, & Orr, 2009).”
Negative consequences from heavy social networking in adolescents: The mediating role of fear of missing out. (2017, background): “The use of SNS also seems to be related to poor social adaptation, such as social anxiety (Bodro za & Jovanovi c, 2016; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
Selfie posting behaviors are associated with narcissism among men (2015, neutral): “For example, Ryan and Xenos (2011) did not find any http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2015.05.004 0191-8869/ 2015 Elsevier Ltd.”
Smartphone usage in the 21st century: who is active on WhatsApp? (2015, result): “Moreover, it is noteworthy that most previous studies have relied solely on self-report data to measure human–machine interaction [12, 13].”
The relationship between addictive use of social media, narcissism, and self-esteem: Findings from a large national survey. (2017, background): “…natives’ and ‘screenagers’ [Griffiths, 2010]) often uses such technologies in order to acquire, develop and maintain relationships, and may seek feedback on their behaviors and online persona as a way of forming and/or enhancing their social identity (Allen et al., 2014; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”
Facebook self-disclosure: Examining the role of traits, social cohesion, and motives (2014, background): “Additionally, in a study of Australian Facebook users, Ryan and Xenos (2011) found that Facebook users are more likely to be extraverted and narcissistic .”
The effects of personality traits, self-esteem, loneliness, and narcissism on Facebook use among university students (2012, background): “…of Technology, Faculty of gated how psychological factors such as personality traits influence the use of social networking sites (Amichai-Hamburger & Vinitzky, 2010; Correa, Willard Hinsley, & Gil se Zuniga, 2010; Ross et al., 2009; Ryan & Xenos, 2011; Wilson, Fornasier, & White, 2010).”
Watch, Share or Create: The Influence of Personality Traits and User Motivation on TikTok Mobile Video Usage (2020, neutral): “: [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]), and motivations (e.”
Too Much Information (2015, neutral): “High extroversion was correlated to predict the time spent on Facebook and on the number of friends (Andreassen et al., 2012; Ryan & Xenos, 2011).”