2017/03/12 by Georgia Sapsani, Sapsani, Georgia, Νικόλαος Τσέλιος +1
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Gender and Technology in Education #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.04095
openalex publication_date 2017/03/12 · openalex created_date 2017/04/14 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The present paper examines the relationship between the students personality, use of social media and their academic performance and engagement. In specific, the aim of this study is to examine the relationship of students facebook (fb) use and personality characteristics using the Big Five Personality Test with (a) student engagement, (b) time spent preparing for class, (c) time spent in co-curricular activities and (d) academic performance. Results illustrate that fb time was significantly positively correlated to student engagement and time spent preparing for class. Finally, some of the facebook activities and the students personality characteristics are significantly positively related and some others significantly negatively related to each one of the dependent variables of the study. The implications of the study both for instructors and the students, are also discussed.