The Big Five, Self-Esteem, and Narcissism as Predictors of the Topics People Write About in Facebook Status Updates
By Tara C. Marshall, Katharina Lefringhausen, Nelli Ferenczi. 2015
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Status updates are one of the most popular features of Facebook, but few studies have examined the traits and motives that influence the topics that people choose to update about. In this study, 555 Facebook users completed measures of the Big Five, self-esteem, narcissism, motives for using Facebook, and frequency of updating about a range of topics. Results revealed that extraverts more frequently updated about their social activities and everyday life, which was motivated by their use of Facebook to communicate and connect with others. People high in openness were more likely to update about intellectual topics, consistent with their use of Facebook for sharing information. Participants who were low in self-esteem were more likely to update about romantic partners, whereas those who were high in conscientiousness were more likely to update about their children. Narcissists’ use of Facebook for attention-seeking and validation explained their greater likelihood of updating about their accomplishments and their diet and exercise routine. Furthermore, narcissists’ tendency to update about their accomplishments explained the greater number of likes and comments that they reported receiving to their updates.
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
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Citations in the corpus
- Need for relatedness: a self-determination approach to examining attachment styles, Facebook use, and psychological well-being (2016, background): “addition to the Big Five personality traits (Marshall et al., 2015).”
- Personality, motives and metacognitions as predictors of problematic Facebook Use in university students (2016, background): “First, as reviewed above, a number of personality traits have been found to be associated with different patterns of Facebook use and with PFU (e.g., Amichai-Hamburger et al., 2002; Kuss & Griffiths, 2011; Marshall et al., 2015).”