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Personality Traits Predict Users' Facebook Status Updates - Study

Traits such as extraversion and self-esteem affect status topics and post popularity on the social network, according a recent study.

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Personality Traits Predict Users' Facebook Status Updates - Study

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  1. Marshall, T. C., Lefringhausen, K. and Ferenczi, N. (2015). The Big Five, self-esteem, and narcissism as predictors of the topics people write about in Facebook status updates. Personality and Individual Differences. 85(2015). 35-40. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886915003025
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