The Five-Factor Model of personality and Degree and Transitivity of Facebook social networks

• Autores: Jan-Erik Lönnqvist, Juha V.A. Itkonen, Markku Verkasalo, Panu Poutvaara
• Localización: Journal of Research in Personality, ISSN-e 1095-7251, Vol. 50, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 98-101
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • The present study examined the associations of the Five-Factor Model personality dimensions with Degree (number of friends) and Transitivity (the likelihood that two of a person�s friends are friends with each other) of a person�s network on the social networking site Facebook. A Facebook application administered a personality questionnaire and objectively recorded properties of the participants� (N = 5031; 65% female, mean age 33 years) social networks. As expected, Extraversion predicted Degree, whereas Openness to Experience and, among men, Agreeableness predicted more cross-sex friendships. Also as expected, Extraversion and, among men, Openness to Experience predicted lower Transitivity, but the former association was rendered insignificant when Degree was controlled for.