Using eye tracking to explore Facebook use and associations with Facebook addiction, mental well-being, and personality
Journal article
Authors | Hussain, Zaheer, Simonovic, B., Stupple, Edward and Austin, Maggie |
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Abstract | Social networking sites (SNSs) have become ubiquitous in our everyday lives, and for all its communicative benefits, excessive SNS use has been associated with a range of negative health implications. In the present study, the authors use eye-tracking methodology to explore the relationship between individual differences in personality, mental well-being, SNS usage, and the focus of Facebook users’ visual attention. Participants (n = 69, mean age = 23.09, SD = 7.54) completed questionnaire measures for personality and to examine changes in depression, anxiety, stress, and self-esteem. They then engaged in a Facebook session while their eye movements and fixations were recorded. These fixations were coded as being directed to social and update areas of interest (AOI) of the Facebook interface. An exploratory analysis of personality factors revealed a negative correlation between openness to experience and inspection times for the updates AOI and an unexpected negative relationship between extraversion and inspection times for social AOI. There were correlations between changes in depression score and inspection of updates AOI, with reduced depression scores associated with increased inspection of updates. Finally, self-reported duration of participants’ typical Facebook sessions did not correlate with eye-tracking measures but were associated with increased Facebook addiction scores and greater increases in depression scores. These initial findings indicate that there are differences in the outcomes of interacting with Facebook which can vary based on Facebook addiction, personality variables, and the Facebook features that individuals interact with. |
Keywords | Facebook Addiction; Personality; Wellbeing; Depression; Anxiety; Stress |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Behavioral Sciences |
Journal citation | 9 (2), p. 19 |
Publisher | MDPI |
ISSN | 2076-328X |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/bs9020019 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/9/2/19 |
hdl:10545/623662 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 14 Feb 2019 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 10 Apr 2019, 15:36 |
Accepted | 14 Feb 2019 |
Accepted | 2019 |
Contributors | University of Derby, UK |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/93xz4/using-eye-tracking-to-explore-facebook-use-and-associations-with-facebook-addiction-mental-well-being-and-personality
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