High scores of neuroticism on the Big Five Personality Test is positively associated with the presentation of actual, ideal, and hidden self-aspects on Facebook. Neurotic individuals' Facebook use is motivated by self-presentational needs and may use Facebook as a safe space for self-presentation. High neuroticism is the best predictor of self-presentation on Facebook.

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Neurotic individuals are more likely to use Facebook in a passive way. to learn about others (information-seeking). Neuroticism is the only trait measured in the Big Five Personality Test that is associated with information seeking. Neurotic individuals are also likely to have social difficulties, so they use Facebook to meet belongingness needs not met in real life. Neuroticism is associated with increased communication on Facebook.

Neuroticism and Facebook Use

Gwendolyn Seidman, Self-presentation and belonging on Facebook: How personality influences social media use and motivations, Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 402-407, ISSN 0191-8869,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.009.

Self-presentation and belonging on Facebook: How personality influences social media use and motivations

Individuals who score high in neuroticism on the Big Five Personality Test are more likely to engage in self-disclosure (posting information about oneself) and emotional disclosure (posting information about ones' emotions) on Facebook.

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