Big Five Personality Traits

Can the excessive use of social media, specifically Facebook, be seen as a form of narcissism? Editors Edwin E. Gantt and Brent Slife of Brigham Young University present two opposing opinions to explore this topic in their presentation, “Is Excessive Use of Social Media a Form of Narcissism?”. Could the oversharing, “duck face”, and look at me virtual world be a way to reach out to each other or just a shallow attempt at self-validation? Each article expresses the author’s views, and research on the subject.

Of the Big Five personality traits, I scored highest on neuroticism. I compared myself to my friend. My friend scored highest on extraversion. I scored lowest on extraversion, whereas my friend scored lowest on agreeableness. I was somewhat surprised at my results that my friend received. However, I was not surprised by my results. I am a typically anxious person, so I knew I would probably score high on neuroticism. However, I thought my friend would score higher on agreeableness. I don’t agree with some of these because I believe that my friend falls a little higher on the agreeableness, while I believe we both fall a little higher on the openness scale. I also believe there is more to a person’s personality than that.

In the article, “Can Facebook Help Overcome Shyness” it states, “Cohen said he has seen anxiety increase among some clients who use Facebook because they focus too much on how many friends they have, worry that others aren’t posting enough items on their walls or fret about what to write in their status updates, just as they agonize over what to say in person.” In other words, the media puts a lot of stress and pressure on people. Many people stress over the small amount of friends that they have and compare that number to other people. A lot of pressure is present of what to write on your status. As a result, it leads to users feeling anxious (Rosenwald 3). The use of the media has led people to feel

DeFruyt, F., Feys, M. & Wille, B., (2013). Big five traits and intrinsic success in the new

In psychology, the Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality. The theory based on the Big Five factors is called the Five Factor Model (FFM)[1] The Big Five factors are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

One aspect of this part of the course that I found interesting was the trade-offs with each personality trait in the chapter about evolution. In my last response paper, I wrote about my own personality sketch. In this paper, I intend to write about the same sketch with elements from my first response paper. A trade-off in personality is when you look at a Big-Five trait, you can have costs and you can have benefits when being high or low in that particular trait. I will review my personality sketch and say which Big Five personality traits correspond with the traits I spoke about. Then, I will speak about the drawbacks and benefits of each of these traits.

Two studies with the involvement of over 700 students have found that depressive symptoms, for instance low moods and feelings of hopelessness and worthlessness were regarding online interactions. Those who have reported negative interactions were where the researchers found higher levels of depressiveness. Another study that took place in 2016 which involved 1,700 people found a high risk of depression and anxiety within the people who used the most social media platforms. The reasons behind the higher risk among people who use social media platforms include cyber bullying, having a twisted view of other people’s lives and feeling like the time spent on the platform is a waste. The reasons behind these studies were looking at how social media can be used to diagnose depression, which could then result in people receiving earlier treatment. Jessica Brown

These experiments were conducted to show how the Bog Five personality traits contribute to a prosocial response to the pain of others. The aim of the experiments is to find out how peoples Big Five personality traits are used to observe other’s pain assessments. With the hypothesis of the experiment being conscientiousness and agreeableness would be the traits that greatly contribute to the judgements of the observer when confronted with others expressions of pain. Two experiments were undertaken to prove the hypothesis. In experiment one 59 healthy participants

While taking some time to personally evaluating my usage on social media, I found it very interesting that I have never really looked at my profiles on how they could affect me personally or professionally and how I may portray myself in public. In addition, to participating in the personality assessment and the talent theme assessment, it had very unexpected and knowledgeable results on how the test listed my personality strengths and weaknesses.

Facebook users establish profiles of themselves presenting, their likes, dislikes, relationship status, political affiliation, a profile picture and various other features. They have the ability to thoughts and opinions, or share what activity they are currently engaged in. Users also have the ability to share comments on their friends profile pages or share articles, photos, video and other media. The experience of using Facebook is enjoyable and it is a great way to keep in touch with family, friends, acquaintances and even strangers. The problem is with the overuse of Facebook. Access to social media websites, specifically Facebook has encouraged and increased narcissistic behavior. The purpose of social media is to connect users with each other by sharing experiences, but the overuse of this media causes users to focus on themselves excessively, nurturing narcissistic traits. People tend to share the more attractive photos of themselves, or share the more interesting parts of their lives. This can give an impression that they live a very different life than they do in reality. After a short time, it may be easy to tell what types of posts gain the most likes, or inspire the most conversation. People are inclined to showcase their best qualities, and may unconsciously desire to make other users envious of their self-presentation and

Studies by psychologists have observed the use of technology and social media associated with narcissistic characteristics. Some of the results have proven that there is a relationship amongst the two whereas other results have proven negative effects. Three hypotheses were given to extinguish this experiment as well as the last results.

Many studies have looked into the correlation between narcissism and Facebook use. However, this study specifically investigates, whether individuals high in trait narcissism (grandiose and vulnerable) would tend to post and spend more time on Facebook than individuals low in narcissism. PSYC1102 students at UWA (N= 421) participated as a part of their course requirement and completed NPI-16, BPNI-28 and a Facebook use questionnaire. As hypothesised Grandiose and Vulnerable narcissism were positively related to the number of general posts and time spent on Facebook. The co relation however, was statistically significant between Grandiose Narcissism and Facebook General posts and Vulnerable Narcissism and Time spent on Facebook. Limitations and suggestions for future research are discussed.

The fact that quite a number of social networking sites are actively used by most young adults, college students and teenagers establishes several variations in conceptualizing an ideal connection between narcissism and use of Instagram. The paper addresses the concept of narcissism and establishes the fact it is perceived and used in reference to subclinical narcissism (Bergman et al., 2011). Subclinical narcissism is perceived as a humanity trait that exist at various levels of age differences within the normal population. On the same note, subclinical narcissism

Thus, they may prefer to communicate using Facebook because it allows them to compensate for their lack of interpersonal skills in real life (Moore & McElroy, 2012). Introverted individuals are also more likely to report using Facebook to keep up with friends (Moore & McElroy, 2012). However, technologies like Facebook may even prove to be a disadvantage for introverts because they rely on the types of offline relationships that an extravert is more likely to develop (Ross et al, 2009). Neuroticism Neuroticism can be defined as a measure of affect and emotional control, with low levels suggesting good control over emotions and stability, whereas individuals with high levels may be somewhat sensitive and nervous with a propensity to worry (Costa & McCrae, 1992). It can also be understood as the extent to which individuals display negative attributes such as distrustfulness, sadness, anxiety, embarrassment and difficulty in managing stress (Koseoglu, 2015). Early opinions suggested that those high in Neuroticism were likely to avoid the internet (Tuten & Bosnjak,

Relation with Big-Five Personality Factors and Addictiveness
 The Big- Five framework is a model of personality that contains five factors showing personality traits at a level: extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experiences, agreeableness, and conscientiousness (Correa, Hinsley, Zúñiga 2010). Extraversion is positively related to time spent on Facebook, people higher in agreeableness did make a greater number of postings about themselves than did less agreeable people, and more conscientious people would be less likely to use Facebook (Moore, Mcelroy 2012). Based on previous articles, the following hypotheses are proposed:
 Hypothesis 1: People who are more extraverted will more likely be addicted to SNS.
 Null : The result of people who are more extraverted will same or no relationship with the result of who are less extraverted.
 Alternative : People who are more extraverted will less likely be addicted to SNS.
 Hypothesis 2 : People who are more neuroticism will use social media more frequently. 
 Null : The result of people who are more neuroticism will same or no relationship with the result of who are less neuroticism.
 Alternative : People who are more neuroticism will use social media less.
 Hypothesis 3 : People who are more open to experiences will use social media more frequently. 
 Null : The result of people who are more open to experiences will same or no