Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-0187, USA.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2011 Sep;14(9):483-8. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0087. Epub 2011 Jan 23.
Despite the enormous popularity of Online Social Networking sites (OSNs; e.g., Facebook and Myspace), little research in psychology has been done on them. Two studies examining how personality is reflected in OSNs revealed several connections between the Big Five personality traits and self-reported Facebook-related behaviors and observable profile information. For example, extraversion predicted not only frequency of Facebook usage (Study 1), but also engagement in the site, with extraverts (vs. introverts) showing traces of higher levels of Facebook activity (Study 2). As in offline contexts, extraverts seek out virtual social engagement, which leaves behind a behavioral residue in the form of friends lists and picture postings. Results suggest that, rather than escaping from or compensating for their offline personality, OSN users appear to extend their offline personalities into the domains of OSNs.
尽管在线社交网络（OSN；例如 Facebook 和 Myspace）非常流行，但心理学领域对它们的研究却很少。有两项研究考察了人格如何在 OSN 中体现，结果发现大五人格特质与自我报告的与 Facebook 相关的行为和可观察的个人资料信息之间存在一些联系。例如，外向性不仅预测了 Facebook 使用的频率（研究 1），还预测了对该网站的参与度，外向者（相对于内向者）表现出更高水平的 Facebook 活动痕迹（研究 2）。与线下情境一样，外向者寻求虚拟社交互动，这会在好友列表和照片发布等方面留下行为痕迹。研究结果表明，OSN 用户似乎将线下个性延伸到 OSN 领域，而不是逃避或弥补线下个性。
