Personality traits and social networks addiction

Društvene mreže su brzo postale jedno od najpopularnijih mjesta gdje ljudi komuniciraju i dijele informacije pa su samim time značajno utjecale na svakodnevni život. Sve što korisnici dijele na društvenim mrežama s ostalim korisnicima odnosno njihovo online ponašanje je, baš kao i ponašanje u stvarnom životu, povezano s njihovim osobinama ličnosti (Amichai-Hamburger, Fine i Goldstein 2004). S obzirom na ekspresno širenje društvenih mreža među svim generacijama nije ni čudo da je to područje privuklo mnoge istraživače pa tako i psihologe. Psiholozi koji su se bavili ovim područjem uglavnom su se usmjerili na ispitivanje odnosa uporabe društvenih mreža i osobina ličnosti iz petofaktorskog modela ličnosti. Nalazi prethodnih istraživanja ukazuju na to da postoji povezanost između osobina ličnosti i raznih aspekata uporabe društvenih mreža, ali i spolnih i dobnih razlika u njihovoj uporabi. Budući da su prijašnja istraživanja pokazala nekonzistentne nalaze o povezanosti različitih osobina ličnosti i pojedinih aspekata uporabe društvenih mreža, cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati odnos osobina ličnosti petofaktorskog modela i ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama te spolne razlike u ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama. Uzorak koji je korišten u ovom istraživanju sastojao se od 254 studenata. Mjerni instrumenti korišteni u ovom istraživanju su: Goldbergov upitnik velikih pet osobina ličnosti (IPIP), Upitnik ovisnosti o internetu te pitanja o sociodemografskim podacima. Utvrđeno je da postoji djelomična povezanost između nekih osobina ličnosti petofaktorskog modela i ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama. Emocionalna stabilnost i savjesnost su nisko i negativno povezane s ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama. Nije utvrđena povezanost između ekstraverzije, otvorenosti prema iskustvu i ugodnosti s jedne strane i ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama s druge. Nije utvrđena ni razlika između muškaraca i žena u ovisnosti o društvenim mrežama.Social networks have quickly become the most popular places where people communicate and share information, and thus have a significant impact on everyday life. Everything that users share on social networks with other users and their online behavior is, just as behavior in real life, related to their personality traits (Amichai-Hamburger, Fine and Goldstein, 2004). Given the widespread expansion of social networks among generations, it is no wonder that the area has attracted many researchers and psychologists alike. Psychologists who are interested in this area were mainly focused on examining the relationship between the use of social networks and personality traits from the fivefactor personality model examined the relationship between social networks and personality traits from a five-factor personality model. The results of previous studies suggest that there is a relationship between the personality traits and the different aspects of using social networks, as well as the gender and age differences in their usage. Since the previous research has demonstrated inconsistent findings regarding the relationship between different aspects of social networks and personality traits, the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between personality dimensions and social networks addiction. In addition, gender differences in social networks addiction were tested. The sample used in this study consisted of 254 students from the Republic of Croatia. The following measuring instruments were used: The international personality item pool (IPIP), Internet Addiction Scale, and socio-demographic data. There was a relationship between some personality traits of the Five-factor model and social networks addiction. Emotional stability and conscientiousness are negatively related to social networks addiction. There was no correlation between extraversion, openness to experience and comfort and social networks addiction. Also, there was no difference between men and women in social networks addiction