The true self online: Personality correlates of preference for self-expression online, and observer ratings of personality online and offline

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Highlights：

• We may have a sense of ‘true self’, easier to present online than in daily life.

• Conscientiousness and Extraversion (mediated by Shyness) predict offline selves.

• Shyness and Neuroticism (partly mediated by Shyness) predict online selves.

• Self, on- and off-line Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness scores covary.

• There is no evidence for more authentic self-expression online.

摘要

•We may have a sense of ‘true self’, easier to present online than in daily life.•Conscientiousness and Extraversion (mediated by Shyness) predict offline selves.•Shyness and Neuroticism (partly mediated by Shyness) predict online selves.•Self, on- and off-line Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness scores covary.•There is no evidence for more authentic self-expression online.

论文关键词：Personality,Online,Internet,Real me,True self

论文评审过程：Available online 28 December 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.11.014