The Journal of Information Systems (한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구)

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Exploratory Study on the Relationships among Social Use of the Internet, Personality, and Well-Being

인터넷의 사회적 사용, 성격 및 안녕감 관계에 대한 탐색적 접근

  • Received : 2009.11.23
  • Accepted : 2009.12.14
  • Published : 2009.12.01
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Abstract

Although the Internet has been a important communication tool in modem societies, researchers did not pay attention to its' positive impacts on individual's psychological process. The Internet provides users with a unique environment such as visual isolation, non face-to-face communication, and easiness to escape from social influences. This environment enables people to take free action according to their personality and disclose themselves. From the uses and gratification perspective, the current research reveals that individuals with high extraversion are inclined to maintain social networking sites and those with high openness participate in web communities. The findings indicate that individuals' social use of the internet may reflect their personality. This study, also, reveals that controlling the big five personality dimensions, the amount of self-disclosure through ones' social networking site is positively related with subjective happiness. This finding suggests that like confession behaviors in religious or curing facilities, people can use the Internet as a therapeutic or a preventative method for promoting their well-being. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

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