To Facebook or to Face Book? An investigation of how academic performance of different personalities is affected through the intervention of Facebook usage

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Highlights:

• Students’ personality types influence their academic performance.

• A survey questionnaire method was adopted to collect data from students.

• All five dimensions of personality from big five model predict academic performance.

• Shyness also predicted academic performance positively.

• There is a negative relationship found between loneliness and students’ academic performance.

摘要

•Students’ personality types influence their academic performance.•A survey questionnaire method was adopted to collect data from students.•All five dimensions of personality from big five model predict academic performance.•Shyness also predicted academic performance positively.•There is a negative relationship found between loneliness and students’ academic performance.

论文关键词:Social media,Personality,Big five,Student academic performance,Facebook usage

论文评审过程:Received 17 April 2016, Revised 5 May 2017, Accepted 7 May 2017, Available online 8 May 2017, Version of Record 16 May 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.05.012