Meta-analysis of associations between five-factor traits and social media addiction

Title
Meta-analysis of associations between five-factor traits and social media addiction
Publication Date
2021
Author(s)
Meynadier, Jai
Malouff, John
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6728-7497
Email: jmalouff@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jmalouff
Schutte, Nicola
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-7659
Email: nschutte@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nschutte
Loi, Natasha
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3561-1974
Email: nloi2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nloi2
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/55355
Abstract
This meta-analysis quantified the relationship between the Five-Factor Model of personality and social media addiction and aimed to identify moderators of this relationship. The analysis included 32 studies, 34 independent samples with 195 effect sizes, and a total of 19,668 participants. The meta-analysis found that high neuroticism (r = .19, p < .001) and low conscientiousness (r = -.13, p < .001) were significantly associated with social media addiction. Low agreeableness (r = -.05, p = .03) and low openness (r = -.06, p = .02) were also significantly associated with social media addiction, while extraversion had no significant association. Several significant moderator effects were found for age and sex, with males and older individuals generally showing stronger associations between certain traits and social media addiction. This meta-analysis contributes to our understanding of the relationship between individual characteristics and social media addiction and provided information that might be useful in preventing and treating this addictive behaviour.
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