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The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality
The manner and frequency of Internet use may reflect the needs, preferences, values, personal motivations and personality characteristics of users. The aim of this research was to analyse the relationship between the Big Five Personality factors and impulsivity with Problematic Internet Use and the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330853 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.2051 |
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author | Bernal-Ruiz, Cristina Rosa-Alcázar, Ana Isabel |
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description | The manner and frequency of Internet use may reflect the needs, preferences, values, personal motivations and personality characteristics of users. The aim of this research was to analyse the relationship between the Big Five Personality factors and impulsivity with Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. The sample consisted of 630 university students (75.7% female) aged between 18 and 62 years (M = 21.23). The results indicated that the Big Five Personality factors and impulsivity correlated significantly with Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. Impulsivity proved to be the most important predictor of Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. It can be concluded, cautiously, that impulsive people have a greater predisposition to develop Problematic Internet Use and, also to experience a greater negative impact due to the use of WhatsApp. |
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spelling | pubmed-88956992022-03-23 The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality Bernal-Ruiz, Cristina Rosa-Alcázar, Ana Isabel Eur J Psychol Research Reports The manner and frequency of Internet use may reflect the needs, preferences, values, personal motivations and personality characteristics of users. The aim of this research was to analyse the relationship between the Big Five Personality factors and impulsivity with Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. The sample consisted of 630 university students (75.7% female) aged between 18 and 62 years (M = 21.23). The results indicated that the Big Five Personality factors and impulsivity correlated significantly with Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. Impulsivity proved to be the most important predictor of Problematic Internet Use and the Negative Impact of WhatsApp. It can be concluded, cautiously, that impulsive people have a greater predisposition to develop Problematic Internet Use and, also to experience a greater negative impact due to the use of WhatsApp. PsychOpen 2022-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8895699/ /pubmed/35330853 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.2051 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Reports Bernal-Ruiz, Cristina Rosa-Alcázar, Ana Isabel The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title | The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title_full | The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title_fullStr | The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title_short | The Relationship Between Problematic Internet Use, WhatsApp and Personality |
title_sort | relationship between problematic internet use, whatsapp and personality |
topic | Research Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330853 http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/ejop.2051 |
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