Personality traits and self-presentation at Facebook

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-167

  Lee, Eunsun ^a   Ahn, Jungsun ^a   Kim, Yeo Jung ^a  

^a Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Facebook; Like comment share; Neuroticism, narcissism; Openness to experience; Personality; Self presentation; Social networking site (SNS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902485970     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.05.020     Document Type: Article

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