The Relationship between Personality Traits and Facebook Addiction among Adolescents in an Urban, Rural and Semi-Rural Secondary School
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15480323 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mokoena Patronella Maepa (0000-0001-9556-7939, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, corresponding author), Alicia Wheeler (North-West University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 20 |
| Pages | 13365-13365 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192013365 |
| PMID | 36293945 |
| OpenAlex | W4306381902 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
Facebook is and was intended to provide a place for friends to connect within the bustling academic environment and to encourage openness for ideas and interests. When used sparingly, it can provide an individual with a sense of group belonging and connection, sharing and offering hope and advice. The misuse of Facebook can have detrimental effects on one's quality of life that often lead to addiction. In this correlation design study, secondary-school-aged adolescents' Facebook addiction was compared to personality attributes. Through a convenience sample, 240 teenagers in total (106 men and 134 females) were chosen. The respondents answered questions about their demographics, Facebook Addiction, and Junior Eysenck Personality. The findings showed a substantial inverse correlation between Facebook addiction and neuroticism (r = -0.260, p p < 0.01). There was no discernible statistical link between Facebook Addiction and Extraversion. The study comes to the conclusion that although social networking sites such as Facebook have good effects on adolescents' lives, their use needs to be regulated, the risks were highlighted, and at-risk individuals can receive intervention approaches, such as social skills training
Addiction · Big Five personality traits · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Personality · Poison control · Psychiatry · Rural area · Suicide prevention · Child Development and Digital Technology · Education and Learning Interventions · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Dimensions of personality
Social Networking Addiction
Online Social Networking and Addiction—A Review of the Psychological Literature
The relationships between behavioral addictions and the five-factor model of personality
Relationships between Social Networking Sites Use and Self-Esteem
Focus on Self-Presentation on Social Media across Sociodemographic Variables, Lifestyles, and Personalities
Development of a Facebook Addiction Scale
Social Network Sites
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |