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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This study explored the relationship between the Big Five and two psychological needs, namely belonging and self-presentation, manifested during the use of Facebook. This paper maintains that on Facebook, individuals fulfill their primary needs of belonging and self-presentation in terms of their personalities. The participants completed a survey self-evaluating their personality and assessing the activities and motives they perform. Behaviors and motives pertaining to the need of belonging were predicted best by agreeableness and neuroticism. Extraversion was associated with the urge to use Facebook in order to communicate with others. Behaviors and motivations pertaining to the need of self-presentation were predicted best by the traits of conscientiousness and neuroticism. The findings indicate that conscientious individuals are prudent in their online self-presentation. It was also found that one’s actual, hidden, and ideal selves were a part of the relationship between Facebook and personality. Neuroticism, agreeableness and extraversion were positively associated with the tendency to express one’s actual self. Neuroticism was positively related to the expression of ideal and hidden self-aspects. The relationship between neuroticism and self-disclosure is mediated by these self-aspects |
| Keywords: internet, facebook, identity, anonymity, big five, need to belong, self-presentation |
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