Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors
Research trying to understand individual difference in the use of different social networking sites (SNSs) is minimal. In the present study, we collected data from 714 college students in China (273 males) to assess how personality traits and psychological factors relate to excessive use of WeChat a...
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| author | Juan Hou Yamikani Ndasauka Yamikani Ndasauka Xuefei Pan Shuangyi Chen Fei Xu Xiaochu Zhang Xiaochu Zhang Xiaochu Zhang |
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| description | Research trying to understand individual difference in the use of different social networking sites (SNSs) is minimal. In the present study, we collected data from 714 college students in China (273 males) to assess how personality traits and psychological factors relate to excessive use of WeChat and Weibo. We found that excessive use of Weibo and WeChat correlated positively with neuroticism, loneliness, and external locus of control and negatively with agreeableness, social support, and social interaction. Furthermore, people that scored high on loneliness, lack of social support, and poor social interaction skills excessively used Weibo more than WeChat. These results entail that by fulfilling different needs, WeChat and Weibo attract different kinds of people; significant lesson for future development of SNSs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8294b77f9abf429e8307a2f28ab965b32022-12-22T03:58:04ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-04-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00545297562Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological FactorsJuan Hou0Yamikani Ndasauka1Yamikani Ndasauka2Xuefei Pan3Shuangyi Chen4Fei Xu5Xiaochu Zhang6Xiaochu Zhang7Xiaochu Zhang8Department of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaDepartment of Philosophy, Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba, MalawiDepartment of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, ChinaDepartment of Philosophy, Anhui University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Humanities and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaAnhui Mental Health Center, Hefei, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, School of Life Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, ChinaResearch trying to understand individual difference in the use of different social networking sites (SNSs) is minimal. In the present study, we collected data from 714 college students in China (273 males) to assess how personality traits and psychological factors relate to excessive use of WeChat and Weibo. We found that excessive use of Weibo and WeChat correlated positively with neuroticism, loneliness, and external locus of control and negatively with agreeableness, social support, and social interaction. Furthermore, people that scored high on loneliness, lack of social support, and poor social interaction skills excessively used Weibo more than WeChat. These results entail that by fulfilling different needs, WeChat and Weibo attract different kinds of people; significant lesson for future development of SNSs.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00545/fullsocial networking sitesWeiboWeChatpreferencepersonality traits |
| spellingShingle | Juan Hou Yamikani Ndasauka Yamikani Ndasauka Xuefei Pan Shuangyi Chen Fei Xu Xiaochu Zhang Xiaochu Zhang Xiaochu Zhang Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors Frontiers in Psychology social networking sites preference personality traits |
| title | Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors |
| title_full | Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors |
| title_fullStr | Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors |
| title_short | Weibo or WeChat? Assessing Preference for Social Networking Sites and Role of Personality Traits and Psychological Factors |
| title_sort | weibo or wechat assessing preference for social networking sites and role of personality traits and psychological factors |
| topic | social networking sites preference personality traits |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00545/full |
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