title: Cultural and Personality Predictors of Facebook Intrusion: A Cross-Cultural Study.
abstract: The increase in the number of users of social networking sites (SNS) has inspired intense efforts to determine intercultural differences between them. The main aim of the study was to investigate the cultural and personal predictors of Facebook intrusion. A total of 2628 Facebook users from eight countries took part in the study. The Facebook Intrusion Questionnaire, the Ten-Item Personality Inventory, and the Singelis Scale were used. We found that two variables related to Country were significantly related to Facebook intrusion: uniqueness (negatively) and low context (positively); of the personality variables, conscientiousness, and emotional stability were negatively related to the dependent variable of Facebook intrusion across different countries, which may indicate the universal pattern of Facebook intrusion. The results of the study will contribute to the international debate on the phenomenon of SNS.
authors.affiliation: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Błachnio
authors.affiliation: The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Aneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Przepiorka
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Benvenuti
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannata
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience - Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "C. Davila" Bucharest Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Adela M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Ciobanu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Abant Izzet Baysal University Baysal, Turkey.
authors.forename: Emre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Senol-Durak
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Abant Izzet Baysal University Baysal, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Durak
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Michail N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Giannakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Elvis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mazzoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Information Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Ilias O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Pappas
authors.affiliation: Romanian AcademyBucharest, Romania; International Center for Research and Education in Innovative and Creative Technologies (CINETic) - National University of Theatre and Film I.L. Caragiale (UNATC)Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Popa
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Albright College Reading, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Gwendolyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seidman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Macau Macau, China.
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Macau Macau, China.
authors.forename: Anise M S
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Ariel University Ariel, Israel.
authors.forename: Menachem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben-Ezra
keywords: Facebook intrusion; cross-cultural comparison; cultural factor; personality; social network