Educational Psychology

Studying Virtual Networks Effects on Changing the Young’s Personality Characteristics

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Elahe Vadodi 1
Ali Delavar 2

1 Assistant professor of Communication Sciences of Azad university of Ashtian university

2 Associate professor in Educational Psychologyo of Allame Tabataba’I university

Abstract
The purpose of this research was to study virtual networks on the young's personality characteristics, and try to answer to this question: Which position do virtual networks have on the formation of our behaviors? Do social networks cause to change the young’s personality characteristics? In order to answer to this question, five hypotheses, by using of Neo’s Personality Characteristics Standard Test, compared openness, agreement and science among the young who use or do not use virtual networks. This research is descriptive. The proposal is ex-post facto .The statistical population is all the students in Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Branch. The sampling number is 293 based on Cochran’s formula. The sampling was a selected stratified one. In order to collect data Neo’s Personality Characteristics Questionnaire was used. Also, analyzing data was in the forms of descriptive and inferential analyses. Two dependent groups analyzed data. The most important results were: All hypotheses approved of the expectations of the opening hypothesis, and there was a relation between independent variable extroversion, agreement, conscience and dependent variable (virtual network).

Keywords

Virtual networks
Personality Characteristics
Emotional instability
extroversion
agreement
Conscience

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