Why People Don’t Use Facebook Anymore? An Investigation Into the Relationship Between the Big Five Personality Traits and the Motivation to Leave Facebook
Department(s)
Communication
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-10-2020
Keywords
big five – personality, facebook, leaving facebook, motivation, social media quitting
Abstract
This study linked the big five personality traits with motivational factors to leave Facebook based on a survey of 218 former Facebook users. The big five were related with eight main factors retrieved from existing literature. Results showed that neuroticism was positively related to addiction, banality, peer pressure, and privacy while conscientiousness was negatively related to peer pressure, addiction, annoyance, and emergence of new platforms. Openness was positively related with banality but negatively with addiction and peer pressure. Theoretical and practical interpretations are also discussed.
Publication Title
Frontiers in Psychology
E-ISSN
16641078
Volume
11
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01497
Recommended Citation
Hong, Seoyeon and Oh, Sookwang Klive, "Why People Don’t Use Facebook Anymore? An Investigation Into the Relationship Between the Big Five Personality Traits and the Motivation to Leave Facebook" (2020). Pepperdine University, All Faculty Open Access Publications. Paper 38.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/faculty_pubs/38