Personality and Instagram use motives with problematic Instagram use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study

Hussain, Z ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7678-6615, Savcı, M, Kircaburun, K and Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, 2023. Personality and Instagram use motives with problematic Instagram use among adolescents: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Düzce Educational Sciences, 1 (1), pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

Contemporary research studies indicate that individuals’ personality traits and motivations for using an online activity (e.g., social media) can be related to elevated problematic and addictive use of that activity. Although there are now many studies examining problematic Facebook use and problematic social media use more generally, problematic Instagram use (PIU) has been much less studied. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between personality traits and Instagram use motives in relation to PIU. A total of 358 adolescent Instagram users completed a survey that included assessment tools for the aforementioned variables. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that different personality traits were related to different Instagram use motives among males and females. More specifically, lower extraversion, meeting new people and socializing, passing time, and using Instagram less for information and education purposes were positively associated with higher PIU among female adolescents. Among male adolescents, only using Instagram for making, expressing, or presenting a more popular self (e.g., online self-presentation) was positively associated with higher PIU. Findings of the present study suggest that in order to better understand problematic Instagram use, personality, motivations, and gender differences should be taken into account simultaneously.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Düzce Educational Sciences
Creators:	Hussain, Z., Savcı, M., Kircaburun, K. and Griffiths, M.D.
Publisher:	Düzce University, Faculty of Education
Date:	June 2023
Volume:	1
Number:	1
Identifiers:	Number Type 1775158 Other
Rights:	All articles published in the Düzce Educational Sciences Journal, which adopts an open access policy, can be accessed online without any charge. Users are permitted to read, download, copy, distribute, print, scan, and link to all articles in the journal without prior permission from the publisher and authors.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	27 Jun 2023 09:59
Last Modified:	27 Jun 2023 09:59
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/49286

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