Traits of Personality and Age of Marriage as Predictors for Psychological Needs to Use Social Networks

Lisfarika Napitupulu
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Lisfarika Napitupulu: Faculty of Psychology, Islamic University Of Riau, Indonesia

International Journal of Business and Administrative Studies, 2016, vol. 2, issue 2, 44-51

Abstract: This research aimed to determine the affects of personality trait and age of marriage on psychological needs to use social networks. Psychological needs to use social networks is a conditions or desires to someone to use social networks. Personality Trait is a description of behaviors that can be grouped into five types, namely Neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness and agreeableness. Age of marriage start from the day when the couple was marriage. Age of marriage is reflected from a family cycle phase. This research is quantitative research . Subjects in this study were 94 subject, who consisted of 80 women and 14 men. All of them live in Pekanbaru-Riau. Subject determine by incidental sampling technique. This research was conducted at Pekanbaru. The hypotheses were tested (1) personality trait and age of marriage as predictors for psychological needs to use social networks, (2) type of personality is a predictor for psychological needs to use social networks (3) age of marriage is a predictor to for psychological needs to use social networks. The obtained data had been analyzed by two way ANOVA. The Finding revealed that personality trait and age of marriage affects on psychological needs to use social networks, with contribution is 7.4 %; F= 3.644; Ï = 0.030 (0.03 0.05) and the age of marriage affect on the psychological need to use social network (β=-.216,p

Keywords: Psychological Needs; Social Networks; Personality Trait (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.20469/ijbas.2.10004-2

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