Psychol Rep
 2020
DOI: 10.1177/0033294120922495
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Normal and Maladaptive Personality Traits as Predictors of Motives for Social Media Use and Its Effects on Well-Being

María Laura Lupano Perugini
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Alejandro Castro Solano
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Abstract: This study aimed to identify the motives for social media sites use in the general population and determine what personality traits (normal and maladaptive) predict different motives for social media sites use. Another objective was to analyze which motives for SMSs use are related to well-being. The sample consisted of 420 subjects (211 men, 209 women), mean age 40.29 years ( SD =  14.93). Data were gathered using the Big Five Inventory, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form -Adult, the Mental Health… Show more

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“…No association was found with seeking company and with problematic internet use. This finding is consistent with previous studies where it was found that agreeable, extraverted individuals with low levels of isolation also had as their main motive for Internet use to stay in contact with others and seek information (e.g., Horzum, 2016;Kircaburun et al, 2018;Lupano Perugini & Castro Solano, 2021;Mancinelli et al, 2019). Moreover, this result aligns with the rich get richer hypothesis since previous empirical studies have shown that individuals who are agreeable and extraverted offline tend to be agreeable and extraverted in online contexts as well (Cheng et al, 2019;Gil de Zúñiga et al, 2017).…”
Section: Does Virtual Personality Predict Internet Related Behavior?supporting
confidence: 92%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…No association was found with seeking company and with problematic internet use. This finding is consistent with previous studies where it was found that agreeable, extraverted individuals with low levels of isolation also had as their main motive for Internet use to stay in contact with others and seek information (e.g., Horzum, 2016;Kircaburun et al, 2018;Lupano Perugini & Castro Solano, 2021;Mancinelli et al, 2019). Moreover, this result aligns with the rich get richer hypothesis since previous empirical studies have shown that individuals who are agreeable and extraverted offline tend to be agreeable and extraverted in online contexts as well (Cheng et al, 2019;Gil de Zúñiga et al, 2017).…”
Section: Does Virtual Personality Predict Internet Related Behavior?supporting
confidence: 92%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…The activities we asked about in our reasons for using social media mostly fall within the motivations summed up previously [41]. In line with the literature [41,43] and marketing research [44], we found considerable agreement with using social media to keep in touch with people, especially those in the private social network [44]. This is also confirmed by the fact that 80% of the Dutch people aged ≥12 years use social media for direct messaging.…”
Section: Rq4: Reasons For Using Social Mediasupporting
confidence: 80%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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“…Some students also reported greater stress during the pandemic (Al-Dwaikat et al, 2020; Elmer et al, 2020). With few outlets available for relief students may have been more likely to engage in greater levels of social media use as a means to alleviate stress through, seeking out information, consultation, and engaging in discussion groups related to academic pursuits (Al-Dwaikat et al, 2020; McElroy et al, 2007), connecting with others (Elmer et al, 2020; Prowse et al, 2021), entertainment (Perugini & Solano, 2021), exercise (Burke & Rains, 2019; Saud et al, 2020). Social media would be one of the few sources available to serve as a conduit for achieving these goals.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
Exaggerated anticipatory anxiety is common in social anxiety disorder (SAD). Neuroimaging studies have revealed altered neural activity in response to social stimuli in SAD, but fewer studies have examined neural activity during anticipation of feared social stimuli in SAD. The current study examined the time course and magnitude of activity in threat processing brain regions during speech anticipation in socially anxious individuals and healthy controls (HC). Method Participants (SAD n = 58; HC n = 16) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during which they completed a 90s control anticipation task and 90s speech anticipation task.
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